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Archithosia costimacula (Mabille, 1879)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Lithosiini (tribe)/  Lithosiina (subtribe)/  Archithosia (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Mabille, 1879)
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
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Archithosia costimacula (1)
Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Archithosia by Birket-Smith (1965: 15). Volume 3 of the Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France 3 (1878) was published in April 1879 (see P. Viette 1998a: 223).

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, 1879) Neotype ♀ NHMUK Neotype ♀, designated by Birket-Smith (1965: 15), genitalia slide 889♀, NHMUK. The original type of P. Mabille from Congo is lost (see J. Birket-Smith 1965: 15). Nigeria Nigeria S, Ibadan, 1960-08-06, 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, 1879) 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, 1879) Congo Mabille P. 1879a. Lepidoptera Africana. page 88
Archithosia costimacula (Mabille, 1879) Equatorial Guinea Bioko Gaede M. 1924. Arctiiden-Studien (Lep.). Neue und wenig bekannte Arctiiden des Zoologischen Museums Berlin. page 237
Archithosia costimacula (Mabille, 1879) 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, 1879) Ghana page J. Jörpeland
Archithosia costimacula (Mabille, 1879) Malawi Strand E. 1912m. Zur Kenntnis äthiopischer Lithosiinae. page 174
Archithosia costimacula (Mabille, 1879) Nigeria Mabille P. 1878. Une saturnide nouvelle, lépidoptère provenant du Congo [Antheraea laestrygon]. page 88
Archithosia costimacula (Mabille, 1879) Sierra Leone page R. Goff
Archithosia costimacula (Mabille, 1879) 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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Archithosia quadripunctata (Rothschild, 1912) (Rothschild, 1912) species Synonym Eilema quadripunctata