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Amicta mauretanica Rothschild, 1913

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Higher taxa: Psychidae (family)/  Oiketicinae (subfamily)/  Acanthopsychini (tribe)/  Amicta (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Rothschild, 1913
Citation:Amicta murina mauretanica subsp. nov.
Original genus:Amicta
Publication:Rothschild W. 1913b. Ernst Hartert's expedition to the central western Sahara. VII. Lepidoptera.
Journal:Novitates Zoologicae
Volume:20
Issue:1
Pagination:134–135
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15842537
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Amicta mauretanica arabica (1)
Taxonomic note:

Raised to specific status by W. Dierl (1964).

Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Amicta mauretanica Rothschild, 1913 Holotype ♂ NHMUK Holotype ♂, NHMUK. Algeria Algeria, Bou Sâada, e.l. 10.ix.1912, leg. V. Faroult.
Distribution note:

Palaearctic: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco.

Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Amicta mauretanica Rothschild, 1913 Djibouti Bourgogne J. 1987. Description complémentaire d'Amicta mauretanica arabica Wiltshire (Psychidae). page 147 (as arabica)
Amicta mauretanica Rothschild, 1913 Oman Sobczyk T. 2011. Psychidae (Lepidoptera). – In: Nuss, M. (Ed.), World Catalogue of Insects 10. page 49 (as arabica)
Amicta mauretanica Rothschild, 1913 Saudi Arabia Wiltshire E. P. 1947a. Middle East Lepidoptera, VI: Two fine new species form Southern Sinai. page 371 (as arabica)
Amicta mauretanica Rothschild, 1913 United Arab Emirates Legrain A. & Wiltshire E. P. 1998. Provisional checklist of the Macro-Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of the UAE. page 5 (as arabica)
Amicta mauretanica Rothschild, 1913 Western Sahara Rungs Ch. 1992. Premier aperçu sur la faune des lépidoptères du Sahara occidental. page 351
Amicta mauretanica arabica (Wiltshire, 1949) Djibouti Bourgogne J. 1986b. Lepidoptera: Fam. Psychidae from Saudi Arabia and Africa. page 246
Amicta mauretanica arabica (Wiltshire, 1949) Oman Sobczyk T. 2011. Psychidae (Lepidoptera). – In: Nuss, M. (Ed.), World Catalogue of Insects 10. page 49
Amicta mauretanica arabica (Wiltshire, 1949) Saudi Arabia Wiltshire E. P. 1949a. Middle East Lepidoptera, IX [sic, recte X]. New species and forms from Arabia and Persia, with a description of the genus Tamsola from Iraq. page 371
Amicta mauretanica arabica (Wiltshire, 1949) United Arab Emirates Legrain A. & Wiltshire E. P. 1998. Provisional checklist of the Macro-Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of the UAE. page 5
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Amicta mauretanica Rothschild, 1913 Retama raetam Fabaceae Algeria Rothschild W. 1913b. Ernst Hartert's expedition to the central western Sahara. VII. Lepidoptera. page 134
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Amicta mauretanica arabica (Wiltshire, 1949) (Wiltshire, 1949) subspecies Accepted Acanthopsyche mauretanica arabica
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Amicta mauritanica (Kozhantshikov, 1956) (Kozhantshikov, 1956) species Misapplied Amictoides mauritanica