Arniocera auriguttata Hopffer, 1857
| FAMILY | Thyrididae |
| SUBFAMILY | Charideinae |
| GENUS | Arniocera |
| SPECIES | auriguttata |
| AUTHOR | Hopffer, 1857 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Arniocera auriguttata Hpfr. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | Mozambique, Tette, leg. Peters. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♀, MfN. |
| STATUS | Species |
| COMMENT | See also Hopffer (1862: 426; pl. 27, fig. 13; http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33195409). |
| PUBLICATION | Hopffer H. C. 1857. Diagnosen der von Peters aus Mossambique mitgebrachten Lepidoptera. - Monatsberichte der Königlich Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1857:421-423. |
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Species pictures
Synonyms
| NAME | AUTHOR | STATUS |
| chrysosticta | Butler, 1898 | Synonym of species |
| melanopyga | (Wallengren, 1860) | Synonym of species |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Kenya | Butler A. G. 1898. On a collection of Lepidoptera made in British East Africa by Mr. C. S. Betton. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 57:395-444, pls. 32-33. | 439 (as chrysosticta) | |
| Mozambique | Hopffer H. C. 1857. Diagnosen der von Peters aus Mossambique mitgebrachten Lepidoptera. - Monatsberichte der Königlich Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1857:421-423. | 421 | |
| South Africa | Hampson G. F. 1918b. Some small families of the Lepidoptera which are not included in the key to the families in the catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae, a list of the families and subfamilies of the Lepidoptera with their types and a key to the families. - Novitates Zoologicae 25(2):366-394. | 381 | |
| South Africa | Limpopo | TMSA | |
| South Africa | Mpumalanga | TMSA | |
| Zambia | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | 49 | |
| Zimbabwe | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | 49 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Malvaceae | Grewia sp. | East Africa | Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 - moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 34(309):175-184. | 175 |
