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Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Lymantriinae (subfamily)/  Argyrostagma (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Weymer, 1896)
Citation:Porthetria niobe n. sp.
Original genus:Porthetria
Publication:Weymer G. W. 1896. Einige afrikanische Heteroceren.
Journal:Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift
Volume:41
Issue:2
Pagination:89–90
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8345619
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Argyrostagma niobe (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896) Holotype ♀ Holotype ♀, coll. Suffert. Tanzania Tanzania, Kilimanjaro.
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Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896) Cameroon Druce H. 1898b. Descriptions of some new species of Heterocera. page 209 (as thomsoni)
Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Kinshasa Aurivillius C. 1925b. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der zweiten Deutschen Zentralafrika-Expedition 1910–1911 unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzog zu Mecklenburg. Band 1 Zoologie, Lieferung 18, Lepidoptera IV. page 1277
Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Bas Congo Aurivillius C. 1906. Verzeichnis von Lepidopteren, gesammelt bei Mukimbungu am unteren Kongo von Herrn E. Laman. Zweite und dritte Sendung. page 12
Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga page N. Voaden
Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896) Equatorial Guinea Strand E. 1914i. Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn G. Tessmann nach Süd-Kamerun und Spanisch-Guinea. Lepidoptera IX. Kurze Mitteilungen über Arten verschiedener Familien. page 84
Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896) Ethiopia Dall'Asta U. 1977. Lymantriidae. – In: Rougeot P. C., Missions entomologiques en Ethiopie 1973–1975. Fascicule 1. page 41
Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896) Kenya Sevastopulo D. G. 1983. Species of Eucalyptus as food plants for Lepidoptera in East Africa. page 236
Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896) Malawi Murphy R. J. & Chipeta J. 2018. BID-Malawi's Lymantriidae-Biodiversity-Data-Records.
Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896) Tanzania Weymer G. W. 1896. Einige afrikanische Heteroceren. page 90
Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896) Uganda Collenette C. L. & Carpenter G. D. H. 1933. New species, and descriptions of larvae, of Lymantriidae from Uganda. page 264
Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896) Zimbabwe page H. Roland
Plant note:

Description of the larva in C. L. Collenette & H. G. D. Carpenter (1933: 265).

Collenette C. L. & Carpenter G. D. H. 1933. New species, and descriptions of larvae, of Lymantriidae from Uganda.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896) Acacia mearnsii Fabaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 183
Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896) Alchornea cordifolia Euphorbiaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 183 (as A. cordata)
Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896) Casuarina sp. Casuarinaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 183
Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896) Cytisus proliferus var. palmensis Fabaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 183
Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896) Erythrina abyssinica Fabaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 183
Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896) Eucalyptus sp. Myrtaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1983. Species of Eucalyptus as food plants for Lepidoptera in East Africa. page 91
Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896) Eucalyptus torreliana Myrtaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 183
Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896) Ficus sp. Moraceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 183
Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896) Julbernardia magnistipulata Fabaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 183
Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896) Lagerstroemia sp. Lythraceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 183
Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896) Newbouldia laevis Bignoniaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 183
Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896) Newbouldia sp. Bignoniaceae Kenya Sevastopulo D. G. 1983. Species of Eucalyptus as food plants for Lepidoptera in East Africa. page 236
Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896) Terminalia superba Combretaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 183
Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896) Trema orientalis Ulmaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 183
Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896) Undefined polyphagous Undefined Cameroon Schultze A. 1914. Zur Kenntnis der ersten Stände von einigen west- und zentralafrikanischen Heteroceren. page 129
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
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Argyrostagma mediofasciata (Hering, 1926) (Hering, 1926) species Synonym Dasychira mediofasciata
Argyrostagma thomsoni (Druce, 1898) (Druce, 1898) species Synonym Lymantria thomsoni