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Argina astrea (Drury, 1773)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Arctiini (tribe)/  Utetheisina (subtribe)/  Argina (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Drury, 1773)
Citation:Phal.[aena] Noct.[ua] Astrea
Original genus:Noctua
Publication:Drury D. 1773. Illustrations of Natural History, wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred and forty figures of Exotic Insects, according to their different genera, very few of which have hitherto been figured by any author, being engraved and coloured from (etc.)
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Volume:2
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Pagination:11, index; pl. 6, fig. 3
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40637937
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Argina astrea (1)
Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Argina by W. F. Kirby (1892: 350).

Kirby W. F. 1892a. A synonymic catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera. (Moths.) Vol. I. Sphinges & Bombyces.
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) unknown Not stated. Ghana [Ghana], Africa, Gold Coast.
Distribution note:

Palaearctic: Iran.

Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Angola Hampson G. F. 1901d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. III. Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae. page 505
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Comoros Mayotte (Maore) Toulgoët H. de 1979a. Lépidoptères Arctiidae et Nolidae de l'Archipel des Comores. – In: Matile L (ed.) Faune entomologique de l'Archipel des Comores. page 187
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Comoros Anjouan (Nzwani) Butler A. G. 1879c. On a collection of Lepidoptera from the island of Johanna. page 192
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Comoros Mohéli (Mwali) Aurivillius C. 1909b. Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera und Heterocera (Pars I) von Madagaskar, den Comoren und den Inseln Ostafrikas. – In: Voeltzkow, A., Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903–1905. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. page 337
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the North Kivu Schouteden H. 1929. Voyage au Congo de S. A. R. le Prince Léopold de Belgique (1925). Lepidoptera. – 2. Hétérocères. page 231
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Ghana Drury D. 1773. Illustrations of Natural History, wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred and forty figures of Exotic Insects, according to their different genera, very few of which have hitherto been figured by any author, being engraved and coloured from (etc.) page 11
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Kenya Gerstaecker A. 1871. Beitrag zur Insektenfauna von Zanzibar. page 360 (as cribraria)
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Madagascar Boisduval J. B. A. 1833b. Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptères. Avec des notes sur les moeurs, par M. Sganzin. page 86 (as pylotis)
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Mauritius Rodrigues Butler A. G. 1879e. Lepidoptera. – In: An account of the petrological, botanical and zoological collections made in Kerguelen's Land and Rodriguez during the Transit of Venus Expedition carried out by Order of Her Majesty's Government in the years 1874–75. page 541
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Mauritius Boisduval J. B. A. 1833b. Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptères. Avec des notes sur les moeurs, par M. Sganzin. page 86 (as pylotis)
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Réunion Boisduval J. B. A. 1833b. Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptères. Avec des notes sur les moeurs, par M. Sganzin. page 86 (as pylotis)
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Seychelles North Gerlach K., Willi J. & Gerlach R. 2001. The ecology of North island. page 38 (as cribraria)
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Seychelles Mahé Joannis J. de 1894. Mission scientifique de Ch. Alluaud des îles Seychelles. page 430
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Seychelles Silhouette Fryer J. C. F. 1912. The Lepidoptera of Seychelles and Aldabra, exclusive of the Orneodidae and Pterophoridae and of the Tortricina and Tineina. page 14
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Seychelles La Digue Joannis J. de 1894. Mission scientifique de Ch. Alluaud des îles Seychelles. page 430
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Somalia Berio E. 1941c. Elenco di lepidotteri eteroceri raccolti da Querci-Romei in Somalia con diagnosi di nuove specie. page 121 (as cribraria)
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) South Africa Hampson G. F. 1901d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. III. Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae. page 505
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Tanzania Pagenstecher A. 1893. Lepidopteren gesammelt in Ost-Afrika 1888/89 von Dr. Franz Stuhlmann. page 34 (as cribraria)
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Tanzania Pemba Aurivillius C. 1909b. Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera und Heterocera (Pars I) von Madagaskar, den Comoren und den Inseln Ostafrikas. – In: Voeltzkow, A., Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903–1905. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. page 337
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Tanzania Zanzibar (Unguja) Hampson G. F. 1901d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. III. Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae. page 505
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) United Arab Emirates Hacker H. H. 2016a. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepid.). page 207
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Beaumfontia sp. Apocynaceae Goodger D. T. & Watson A. 1995. The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths. An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnoses and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 25
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Crotalaria capensis Fabaceae Madagascar Paulian R. & Viette P. 1956. Essai d'un catalogue biologique des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Tananarive. page 254
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Crotalaria juncea Fabaceae Seychelles Legrand H. 1966. Lépidoptères des îles Seychelles et d'Aldabra. page 166
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Crotalaria pallida Fabaceae Seychelles Gerlach J. & Matyot P. 2006. Lepidoptera of the Seychelles islands. page 69
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Crotalaria retusa Fabaceae Réunion Martin E. L. 1956a. A new species of Pardomima from Mauritius (Lep., Pyraustidae). page 368
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Crotalaria sp. Fabaceae Réunion Martiré D. & Rochat J. 2008. Les papillons de La Réunion et leurs chenilles. page 368
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Crotalaria sp. Fabaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 178 (as cribraria)
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Crotalaria striata Fabaceae Seychelles Legrand H. 1966. Lépidoptères des îles Seychelles et d'Aldabra. page 166
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Eugenia cordata Myrtaceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 79
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Ficus petersii Moraceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 80
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Mimusops obovata Sapotaceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 85
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Ochna atropurpurea Ochnaceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 86
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Ochna serrulata Ochnaceae Goodger D. T. & Watson A. 1995. The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths. An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnoses and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 25
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Argina astraea auct. auct. species Misapplied Argina astraea
Argina astreas (Platt, 1921) (Platt, 1921) species Misapplied Rhodogastria astreas
Argina astreus auct. auct. species Misapplied Argina astreus
Argina cribraria (Clerck, 1764) (Clerck, 1764) species Misapplied Phalaena cribraria
Argina guttata (Rambur, 1866) (Rambur, 1866) species Synonym Xanthesthes guttata
Argina pylotis (Fabricius, 1775) (Fabricius, 1775) species Synonym Bombyx pylotis