| FAMILY |
Erebidae |
| SUBFAMILY |
Arctiinae
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| GENUS |
Alpenus |
| SPECIES |
whalleyi
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| AUTHOR | Watson, 1989 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Alpenus whalleyi sp. n. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [Namibia], S. W. Africa, 27 miles ESE of Kamanjab, Otjitambi Farm, 13–15.ii.1972, S. W. Africa Expedition.
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| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES |
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| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, genitalia slide BM 3678♂, BMNH; Paratypes 6♂, 9♀, BMNH, TMSA, NMNW.
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| STATUS |
Species |
| PUBLICATION |
Watson A. 1989. A review of Spilosoma-like Afrotropical tiger-moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). - Entomologica scandinavica 19(1):251–291.
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| PAGINATION |
260, figs 13, 14, 70–73
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