Arniocera auriguttata Hopffer, 1857

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Higher taxa:	Thyrididae (family)/  Charideinae (subfamily)/  Arniocera (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Hopffer, 1857
Citation:	Arniocera auriguttata Hpfr.
Original genus:	Arniocera
Publication:	Hopffer H. C. 1857. Diagnosen der von Peters aus Mossambique mitgebrachten Lepidoptera.
Journal:	Monatsberichte der Königlich Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin
Volume:	1857
Issue:
Pagination:	421
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11071445

Arniocera auriguttata (1)

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Taxonomic note:

See also H. C. Hopffer (1862: 426; pl. 27, fig. 13).

Hopffer H. C. 1862. Lepidoptera. Schmetterlinge. – In: Peters, W. C. H., Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 aufgeführt.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Arniocera auriguttata Hopffer, 1857	Holotype	♀	MfN	Holotype ♀, MfN.	Mozambique	Mozambique, Tette, leg. Peters.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Arniocera auriguttata Hopffer, 1857	Kenya		Butler A. G. 1898b. On a collection of Lepidoptera made in British East Africa by Mr. C. S. Betton. page 439 (as chrysosticta)
Arniocera auriguttata Hopffer, 1857	Mozambique		Hopffer H. C. 1857. Diagnosen der von Peters aus Mossambique mitgebrachten Lepidoptera. page 421
Arniocera auriguttata Hopffer, 1857	South Africa	Limpopo	page TMSA
Arniocera auriguttata Hopffer, 1857	South Africa		Hampson G. F. 1918b. Some small families of the Lepidoptera which are not included in the key to the families in the catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae, a list of the families and subfamilies of the Lepidoptera with their types and a key to the families. page 381
Arniocera auriguttata Hopffer, 1857	South Africa	Mpumalanga	page TMSA
Arniocera auriguttata Hopffer, 1857	Zambia		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 49
Arniocera auriguttata Hopffer, 1857	Zimbabwe		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 49

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Arniocera auriguttata Hopffer, 1857	Grewia sp.	Malvaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 175

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Arniocera auriguttata (1)

Arniocera auriguttata (2)

Arniocera auriguttata (3)

Arniocera melanopyga (1)

Arniocera melanopyga (2)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Arniocera aurigutta Aurivillius, 1900	Aurivillius, 1900	species	Misapplied	Arniocera aurigutta
Arniocera auxiguttata Janse, 1917	Janse, 1917	species	Misapplied	Arniocera auxiguttata
Arniocera chrysosticta Butler, 1898	Butler, 1898	species	Synonym	Arniocera chrysosticta
Arniocera melanopyga (Wallengren, 1860)	(Wallengren, 1860)	species	Synonym	Arichalca melanopyga