Archithosia costimacula (Mabille, 1878)

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Lithosiini (tribe)/  Lithosiina (subtribe)/  Archithosia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Mabille, 1878)
Citation:	Lithosia (paedia) costimacula, n. sp.
Original genus:	Lithosia
Publication:	Mabille P. 1879a. Lepidoptera Africana.
Journal:	Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France
Volume:	3 (1878)
Issue:
Pagination:	87–88
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35610048

Archithosia costimacula (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Archithosia by Birket-Smith (1965: 15).

Birket-Smith J. 1965. A revision of the West African Eilemic moths, based on the male genitalia (Lep., Arctidae [sic], Lithosinae [sic]; incl. gena. Crocosia, Eilema, Lithosia, Pelosia, Phryganopsis a.o.).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Archithosia costimacula (Mabille, 1878)	Neotype	♀	NHMUK	Neotype ♀, designated by Birket-Smith (1965: 15), genitalia slide 889♀, NHMUK. The type of Mabille from Congo is lost (Birket-Smith 1965: 15).	Nigeria	Nigeria S, Ibadan, 06.viii.1960, leg. J. Birket-Smith.	Birket-Smith J. 1965. A revision of the West African Eilemic moths, based on the male genitalia (Lep., Arctidae [sic], Lithosinae [sic]; incl. gena. Crocosia, Eilema, Lithosia, Pelosia, Phryganopsis a.o.). page 87–88

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Archithosia costimacula (Mabille, 1878)	Cameroon		Hampson G. F. 1899c. The expedition to Sokotra. VI. Descriptions of one new genus and fourteen new species of moths. page 120
Archithosia costimacula (Mabille, 1878)	Congo		Hampson G. F. 1899c. The expedition to Sokotra. VI. Descriptions of one new genus and fourteen new species of moths. page 120
Archithosia costimacula (Mabille, 1878)	Equatorial Guinea		Strand E. 1912o. Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn G. Tessmann nach süd-Kamerun und Spanisch-Guinea. Lepidoptera III. (Arctiidae etc.). page 95
Archithosia costimacula (Mabille, 1878)	Equatorial Guinea	Bioko	Gaede M. 1924. Arctiiden-Studien (Lep.). Neue und wenig bekannte Arctiiden des Zoologischen Museums Berlin. page 237
Archithosia costimacula (Mabille, 1878)	Gabon		Holland W. J. 1893a. Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera. page 411 (as decipiens)
Archithosia costimacula (Mabille, 1878)	Ghana		page J. Jörpeland
Archithosia costimacula (Mabille, 1878)	Malawi		Strand E. 1912m. Zur Kenntnis äthiopischer Lithosiinae. page 174
Archithosia costimacula (Mabille, 1878)	Nigeria		Mabille P. 1878. Une saturnide nouvelle, lépidoptère provenant du Congo [Antheraea laestrygon]. page 88
Archithosia costimacula (Mabille, 1878)	Sierra Leone		page R. Goff
Archithosia costimacula (Mabille, 1878)	Uganda		Kiriakoff S. G. 1958a. Ruwenzori Expedition 1952. – Arctiidae (Except Nolidae). page 16

Plant note:

See Strand Archiv für Naturgeschichte 1912 A7: 95.

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Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Archithosia costimacula (1)

Archithosia costimacula (2)

Archithosia costimacula (3)

Archithosia costimacula (4)

Archithosia costimacula (5)

Archithosia quadripunctata (1)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Archithosia decipiens (Holland, 1893)	(Holland, 1893)	species	Synonym	Sozuza decipiens
Archithosia quadripunctata (Rothschild, 1912)	(Rothschild, 1912)	species	Synonym	Eilema quadripunctata