Afrospilarctia lucida (Druce, 1898)

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FAMILY Erebidae
SUBFAMILY Arctiinae
GENUS Afrospilarctia
SPECIES lucida
AUTHOR(Druce, 1898)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONEuchaetes (?) lucida, sp. n.
TYPE LOCALITY[Tanzania], E Africa, Dar-es-Salaam.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, BMNH.
STATUS Species
COMMENTTransferred to Afrospilarctia by V. V. Dubatolov (2006b: 143).
PUBLICATION Druce H. 1898b. Descriptions of some new species of Heterocera. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 1(3):207-215.
PAGINATION 212

Species pictures

Synonyms

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
steudeli (Bartel, 1903) Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Angola   Rothschild W. 1910a. Catalogue of the Arctianae in the Tring Museum, with notes and descriptions of new species. - Novitates Zoologicae 17(1):1-85; (2): 113-171. 139
Ethiopia   Toulgoët H. de 1977a. Arctiidae et Nolidae. - In: Rougeot P. C., Missions entomologiques en Ethiopie 1973-1975. Fascicule 1. - Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (A)105:68-81, pl. 14. 70
Kenya   Hampson G. F. 1901d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. III. Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae. - — 3:i-xix, 1-690. 294
Rwanda   Dubatolov V. V. 2006b. New genera and species of Arctiinae from the Afrotropical fauna (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). - Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo 27(3):139-152. 145
Tanzania Zanzibar Bartel M. 1903a. Neue aethiopische Arctiidae der Sammlung des Kgl. Museums für Naturkunde in Berlin. - Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 16:170-214. 184 (as steudeli)
Tanzania   Druce H. 1898b. Descriptions of some new species of Heterocera. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 1(3):207-215. 212
Uganda   Rothschild W. 1910a. Catalogue of the Arctianae in the Tring Museum, with notes and descriptions of new species. - Novitates Zoologicae 17(1):1-85; (2): 113-171. 139
Zimbabwe   Hampson G. F. 1901d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. III. Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae. - — 3:i-xix, 1-690. 294

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Commelinaceae Commelina 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. 177
Asteraceae Aster 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. 177
Asteraceae Cosmos 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. 177
Asteraceae Zinnia 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. 177
Nyctaginaceae Boerhavia 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. 177
Moraceae Morus 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. 177