Alpenus affiniola (Strand, 1919)
| FAMILY | Erebidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Arctiinae |
| GENUS | Alpenus |
| SPECIES | affiniola |
| AUTHOR | (Strand, 1919) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Diacrisia affiniola n. n. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [Nigeria N], Niger, Lokoja, x.1904, leg. D. Cator. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, genitalia slide BM 3559♂, BMNH. |
| STATUS | Species |
| COMMENT | Replacement name for Diacrisia affinis Rothschild, 1910. Transferred to Alpenus by A. Watson (1989: 272). |
| PUBLICATION | Strand E. 1919b. Arctiidae: Subfam. Arctiinae. - In: Wagner, H. (Ed.) Lepidopterorum Catalogus. Pars 22. - — 22:1-416. |
| PAGINATION | 164 |
Species pictures
Synonyms
| NAME | AUTHOR | STATUS |
| diffinis | (Jordan, 1933) | Synonym of species |
| homaema | (Hampson, 1920) | Synonym of species |
| tristicta | (Hampson, 1920) | Synonym of species |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Ghana | Watson A. 1989. A review of Spilosoma-like Afrotropical tiger-moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). - Entomologica scandinavica 19(1):251-291. | 272 | |
| Mali | Watson A. 1989. A review of Spilosoma-like Afrotropical tiger-moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). - Entomologica scandinavica 19(1):251-291. | 272 | |
| Niger | Strand E. 1919b. Arctiidae: Subfam. Arctiinae. - In: Wagner, H. (Ed.) Lepidopterorum Catalogus. Pars 22. - — 22:1-416. | 168 | |
| Nigeria | 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. | 127 (as affinis) | |
| Senegal | Jordan K. 1933c. On some Aethiopian Arctiidae (Lepid.). - Novitates Zoologicae 39(1):80-85. | 84 (as diffinis) |
Host Plants
Unknown
