Cytothymia absita (Felder R. & Rogenhofer, 1875)

• Overview
• Types
• DNA
• Distribution
• Plants
• Parasites
• Photos
• Children
• Synonyms

Permalink:	CYTOABSI
Higher taxa:	Noctuidae (family)/  Acontiinae (subfamily)/  Cytothymia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Felder R. & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Citation:	Metoptria absita F. & R.
Original genus:	Metoptria
Publication:	Felder C., Felder R. & Rogenhofer A. F. 1865–1875. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. Abtheilung 2, Heft 4, Lepidoptera. Atlas der Heterocera.
Journal:	—
Volume:	2
Issue:	4
Pagination:	13; pl. cviii, fig. 36
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1221058

Cytothymia absita (1)

---

Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Cytothymia by G. F. Hampson (1910d: 371, as obsita).

Hampson G. F. 1910d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). IX. Noctuidae.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Cytothymia absita (Felder R. & Rogenhofer, 1875)	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.	South Africa	[South Africa, Western Cape, Cape of Good Hope], Promont.[is] b.[ona] spei, Cape Town, x.1860, leg. R. Trimen.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Cytothymia absita (Felder R. & Rogenhofer, 1875)	South Africa	Western Cape	Felder C., Felder R. & Rogenhofer A. F. 1865–1875. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. Abtheilung 2, Heft 4, Lepidoptera. Atlas der Heterocera. page pl. 108, fig. 36
Cytothymia absita (Felder R. & Rogenhofer, 1875)	South Africa	Eastern Cape	Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 202
Cytothymia absita (Felder R. & Rogenhofer, 1875)	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Janse A. J. T. 1937–1939. The Moths of South Africa. Volume III. Cymatophoridae, Callidulidae and Noctuidae (Partim). page 404

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Cytothymia absita (1)

Cytothymia absita (2)

Cytothymia rufescens (1)

Cytothymia rufescens (2)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Cytothymia obsita (Hampson, 1902)	(Hampson, 1902)	species	Misapplied	Megalodes obsita
Cytothymia rufescens (Hampson, 1910)	(Hampson, 1910)	species	Synonym	Phyllophila rufescens