Acantharctia vittata Aurivillius, 1900

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Arctiini (tribe)/  Acantharctia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Aurivillius, 1900
Citation:	Acantharctia vittata n. sp.
Original genus:	Acantharctia
Publication:	Aurivillius C. 1900a. Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika 5.
Journal:	Entomologisk Tidskrift
Volume:	20 (1899)
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Pagination:	242
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11920376

Acantharctia vittata (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Acantharctia vittata Aurivillius, 1900	Syntype	♂	MfN	Syntypes 2♂, 1♀, SNHM, MfN.	South Africa	[South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal], Natal, Weenen; Betschuana Land [Botswana].

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Acantharctia vittata Aurivillius, 1900	Botswana		Aurivillius C. 1900a. Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika 5. page 242
Acantharctia vittata Aurivillius, 1900	South Africa		Aurivillius C. 1900a. Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika 5. page 242

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Acantharctia vittata Aurivillius, 1900	Cordia africana	Boraginaceae		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 (as C. abyssinica)
Acantharctia vittata Aurivillius, 1900	Gymnanthemum amygdalinum	Asteraceae		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 (as Vernonia amygdalina)
Acantharctia vittata Aurivillius, 1900	Manihot esculenta	Euphorbiaceae		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
Acantharctia vittata Aurivillius, 1900	Phytolacca dodecandra	Phytolaccaceae		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

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Acantharctia vittata (1)

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