Amsactarctia venusta (Toulgoët, 1980)
| FAMILY | Erebidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Arctiinae |
| GENUS | Amsactarctia |
| SPECIES | venusta |
| AUTHOR | (Toulgoët, 1980) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Amsacta ? venusta, n. sp. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [Djibouti], Afrique orientale, Territoire des Afars et des Issas, Road to Bankualé, 600 m, 24.xi.1976, leg. P.-C. Rougeot. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, MNHN; Allotype ♀, MNHN; Paratypes 15♂, 3♀, genitalia slide H. Toulgoët A.320♂, MNHN, BMNH, RMCA. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Toulgoët H. de 1980a. Description de nouvelles arctiides africaines (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) (5e note). - Revue française d'Entomologie (N. S.) 2(1):1-9. |
| PAGINATION | 4-5, figs 4, 5 |
Species pictures
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Djibouti | Toulgoët H. de 1980a. Description de nouvelles arctiides africaines (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) (5e note). - Revue française d'Entomologie (N. S.) 2(1):1-9. | 4 | |
| Ethiopia | 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). - — :1-65. | 6 | |
| Somalia | 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). - — :1-65. | 6 |
Host Plants
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