Achaea tornistigma Prout A. E., 1921

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Erebinae (subfamily)/  Poaphilini (tribe)/  Achaea (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Prout A. E., 1921
Citation:	Achaea tornistigma sp. n.
Original genus:	Achaea
Publication:	Prout L. B. 1921. New Lepidoptera collected by Mr. T. A. Barns. IV. New Geometridae.
Journal:	Bulletin of the Hill Museum
Volume:	1
Issue:	1
Pagination:	125–126; pl. 17, fig. 8
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32286023

Achaea tornistigma (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Achaea tornistigma Prout A. E., 1921	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.	Rwanda	[Rwanda], Central Africa, Akanjaru River, Ruanda District, viii.1919, leg. T. A. Barns.

Distribution note:

The record of Namibia (Berio 1965a; 207) needs confirmation (A. Legrain i.l. 26.x.2017).

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Achaea tornistigma Prout A. E., 1921	Benin		Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. page 685
Achaea tornistigma Prout A. E., 1921	Equatorial Guinea	Bioko	Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. page 685
Achaea tornistigma Prout A. E., 1921	Malawi		Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. page 685
Achaea tornistigma Prout A. E., 1921	Namibia		Berio E. 1965a. Le Catocaline Africane a tibie spinose del Museo di Tervuren. page 207
Achaea tornistigma Prout A. E., 1921	Rwanda		Prout A. E. 1921a. New Lepidoptera collected by Mr. T. A. Barns, in East Central Africa. III.– New Noctuidae. page 126
Achaea tornistigma Prout A. E., 1921	Sao Tome & Principe	São Tomé	Prout A. E. 1927. A list of Noctuidae with descriptions of new forms collected in the island of São Thomé by T. A. Barns. page 219
Achaea tornistigma Prout A. E., 1921	Uganda		Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. page 685

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Achaea tornistigma (1)

Achaea tornistigma (2)

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