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Alpenus eyralpenus (Plötz, 1880)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Arctiini (tribe)/  Alpenus (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Alpenus maculosa
Authorship:(Plötz, 1880)
Citation:Spilosoma Eyralpenus nov. sp.
Original genus:Spilosoma
Publication:Plötz C. 1880a. Verzeichniss der vom Prof. Dr. R. Buchholz in West-Afrika gesammelten Schmetterlinge.
Journal:Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung
Volume:41
Issue:1–3
Pagination:83–84
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8989457
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Phalaena (Bombyx) maculosa Stoll, 1781; synonymized by A. Watson (1989: 263).

Watson A. 1989. A review of Spilosoma-like Afrotropical tiger-moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae).
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Alpenus eyralpenus (Plötz, 1880) Syntype unknown 3 Syntypes, probably lost (see A. Watson 1989: 264). Cameroon [Cameroon], Victoria [Limba], vi, ix.1873, leg. R. Buchholz. Watson A. 1989. A review of Spilosoma-like Afrotropical tiger-moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 83–84
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