Aspidifrontia atavistis Hampson, 1902
| FAMILY | Noctuidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Hadeninae |
| GENUS | Aspidifrontia |
| SPECIES | atavistis |
| AUTHOR | Hampson, 1902 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Aspidifrontia atavistis, n. sp. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa, Eastern Cape], Cape Colony, Transkei, leg. F. Barrett. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, genitalia slide Noctuidae 2148♂, BMNH. |
| STATUS | Species |
| COMMENT | Had been transferred to Leucania by A. Legrain (i.l. 15.vi.2019) because of the genitalia. Perhaps an error in the numbering of the slides in the BMNH collection? |
| PUBLICATION | Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). - Annals of the South African Museum 2(10):255-446. |
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441
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Species pictures
Synonyms
| NAME | AUTHOR | STATUS |
| pectinata | (Hampson, 1905) | Synonym of species |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Kenya | Hampson G. F. 1905a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. V. Noctuidae. - — 5:i-xvi, 1-634. | 577 (as pectinata) | |
| South Africa | Eastern Cape | Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). - Annals of the South African Museum 2(10):255-446. | 441 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Asparagaceae | Ornithogalum tenellum | South Africa | Dickson C. G. C. 1945. Recently observed food-plants of some Cape lepidopterous larvae (2nd series). - Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 8(2):150-153. | 152 |
Species Parasitoids
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION |
| Ichneumonidae | Enicospilus luebberti | South Africa | Rousse P. & van Noort S. 2014. Afrotropical Ophioninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae): an update of Gauld and Mitchell's revision, including two new species and an interactive matrix identification key. - ZooKeys 456:59-73. |
