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Arctiidae
Arctiinae
- Estigmene Hübner, [1820]
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Estigmene Hübner, [1820]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (12): 184, TS: Phalaena acrea Drury
Leucarctia Packard, 1864; Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 3 : 124, TS: Phalaena acrea Drury
Estigmene ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3 : 338; Strand, 1919, Lepidopterorum Catalogus, 22: 250; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 8
Leucarctia ; Godman & Salvin, 1885, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 116
Estigmene (Arctiini) ; Watson & Goodger, 1986, Occ. papers on syst. entomology 1: 29
USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras. See [About maps]
Salt Marsh Moth
Salt Marsh Caterpillar
Acraea Moth
Phalaena acrea Drury, 1773; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 2: index to 1 (1770, 1: 7, pl. 3, f. 2), TL: New York; Maryland; Virginia
Diacrisia mombasana Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 154, TL: Kenya, Mombasa [?mislabeled, = North America]
= ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9
Estigmene acraea; [HMB, 123, pl. XVI, f. 11-12]
Estigmene acrea, Pacific Northwest Moths [PNWM]
Estigmene acrea, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Estigmene acrea, E.H. Strickland Ent. Mus, U of [ALBERTA]
Estigmene acrea, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Estigmene acrea, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]
acraea ; auth., (missp.)
Estigmene acrea ; [NACL, #8131]
Leucarctia acraea ; Godman & Salvin, 1885, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 116
Estigmene acraea ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3 : 344, f. 153
Estigmene acrea ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9, f. 13
Bombyx caprotina Drury, 1773; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 2 : pl. 3, f. 3
Arctia pseuderminea Harris, 1823; Massachusetts Agr. Repos. J. 7: 328
Arctia pseuderminea Harris, 1841; Rep. Insects Mass. injurious to Vegn: 354
Leucarctia californica Packard, 1864; Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 3 : 121
Leucarctia packardii Schaupp, 1882; Check-list Brooklyn Entom. Soc.: 8
Leucarctia rickseckeri Behr, 1893; Zoë 4: 247
Estigmene acraea var. klagesi Ehrmann, 1894; REF#b: 292
Estigemene acraea acraea[sic, recte acrea] ; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 165
Estigmene acrea acrea ; Watson & Goodger, 1986, Occ. papers on syst. entomology 1: 29; [DubN]
Bombyx acria ; Fabricius, 1793, Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 451 (missp.)
Arizona
Estigmene acraea arizonensis Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 165, TL: Nogales, Arizona
Estigmene acrea arizonensis, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
Estigmene acrea arizonensis ; [NACL, #8131a]; Watson & Goodger, 1986, Occ. papers on syst. entomology 1: 29
Mexico
Spilosoma mexicana Walker, [1865]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 291, TL: Mexico, Oaxaca
= Estigmene acrea (Drury, 1775); Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3 : 344
Spilosoma mexicana ; Godman & Salvin, 1885, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 117
Estigmene acraea mexicana ; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 166
Estigmene acrea mexicana ; Watson & Goodger, 1986, Occ. papers on syst. entomology 1: 29
Colombia
Estigmene acraea columbiana Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 166, TL: Popayan, Colombia; Santa Rita, Espejuelo, Cali, Cauca Valley
Estigmene acrea columbiana ; Watson & Goodger, 1986, Occ. papers on syst. entomology 1: 29
California, Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala. See [About maps]
Leucarctia albida Stretch, 1874; Illust. Zygaenidae & Bombycidae 1 : 203, pl. 8, f. 22
Estigmene albida, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Estigmene albida, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Estigmene albida, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
Leucarctia albida ; Godman & Salvin, 1885, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 117
Estigmene acraea alba[sic, recte albida] ; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 166
Estigmene albida ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3 : 346; [NACL, #8132]; Watson & Goodger, 1986, Occ. papers on syst. entomology 1: 29
Cape. See [About maps]
Antheua angustipennis Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 3: 767, TL: Cape
Antarctia angustipennis ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3 : 447, pl. 49, f. 6
Uganda, Zambia. See [About maps]
Estigmene ansorgei Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 163, TL: Uganda, Mtanda, Usogo; Kampala
Amsacta ochreolutescens Kiriakoff, 1954; Revue Zool. Bot. afr. 50: 183, TL: Zaire, Elisabethville
= ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9
Estigmene ansorgei ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9
Kenya. See [About maps]
Antarctia atrifascia Hampson, 1907; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 19 (111) : 239, TL: Br. E.Africa, Aberdare Range
Estigmene atrifascia ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9
Uganda. See [About maps]
Estigmene bayoni Berio, 1935; Ann. Mus. nat. Giacomo Doria 59: 26, TL: Uganda, Strada Inja Iganga, Busoga
Estigmene bayoni ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9
Tanzania. See [About maps]
Estigmene brosi Toulgoët, 1986; Nouv. Rev. Ent. (N.S.) 3: 309, TL: Tanzania
Estigmene brosi ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9
South Africa. See [About maps]
Spilosoma dorsalis Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 3: 671, TL: Cape
Estigmene dorsalis ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9
Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ghana. See [About maps]
Estigmene flaviceps Hampson, 1907; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 19 (111) : 238, TL: Sierra Leone
Acantharctia aureacosta Bethune-Baker, 1911; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 7 (41): 538, TL: West Africa, Gunnal
Estigmene flaviceps ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9
Somalia. See [About maps]
Estigmene griseata Hampson, 1916; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1916 : 102, TL: Somalia, Mendera
Estigmene griseata ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9
Angola. See [About maps]
Spilosoma griseipennis Bartel, 1903; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1) : 193, TL: Angola
Estigmene griseipennis ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9
South Africa. See [About maps]
Estigmene internigralis Hampson, 1905; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 15 (89) : 447, TL: Natal
Acantharctia intermarginalis[sic, recte internigralis] ; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 155
Estigmene internigralis ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9
Senegal. See [About maps]
Estigmene laglaizei Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 163, TL: Senegal, Casamance
Estigmene laglaizei ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9
South Africa. See [About maps]
Spilosoma lemniscata Distant, 1898; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 1 (2) : 116, TL: Transvaal, Johannesburg
Estigmene lemniscata ; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 162; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3 : 341, pl. 47, f. 20; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9
South Africa. See [About maps]
Spilosoma linea Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 3: 671, TL: West Africa; South Africa, Port Natal
Spilosoma strigatum Wallengren, 1860; Wien ent. Monats. 4: 161, TL: Caffraria
Spilosoma truncatum Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 7: 1781, TL: Cape
?Lacides lineata Butler, 1875; Cistula Ent. 2 : 27
= ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3 : 342
Estigmene linea ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3 : 342, pl. 47, f. 2; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 164; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9
Estigmene melanoxantha Gaede, 1926; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 14: 101, TL: East Africa
Estigmene melanoxantha ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9
Kenya. See [About maps]
Estigmene multivittata Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 164, TL: Lake Nakua; Nairobi; Nairobi to Mount Kenya
Estigmene multivittata ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9, f. 105
Larva on
Gramineae,
(pasture grasses) Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 26
Angola, Zambia. See [About maps]
Estigmene neuriastis Hampson, 1907; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 19 (111) : 237, TL: Angola, Bihé
?Acantharctia pembertoni Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 156, TL: Bihé, Angola
Estigmene neuriastis ; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 163; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9
Zaire, Uganda, Tanzania, Sierra Leone. See [About maps]
Estigmene ochreomarginata Bethune-Baker, 1909; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 3 (17) : 429, TL: [Zaire] Patigo, Acholi Country; Ituri Forest
Amsacta ansorgei Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 157, TL: [Uganda, Bunyoro] Kitanwa, Unyoro
Estigmene ochreomarginata ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9
Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda. See [About maps]
Estigmene pamphilia Kiriakoff, 1958; Ruwenzori Exp. 1952 1: 22, TL: [Kenya,] Ruwenzori Bugoye
Estigmene pamphilia ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9
Nigeria. See [About maps]
Estigmene rothi Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 163, TL: Nigeria, Warri
Estigmene rothi ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9
Zaire, Zambia. See [About maps]
Estigmene sabulosa Romieux, 1943; Mitt. schweiz. ent. Ges. 19: 96, TL: [Zaire, ] Sakania; Tshinkolobwe
Estigmene sabulosa ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9
Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria. See [About maps]
Aloa scita Walker, [1865]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 302, TL: Sierra Leone
Estigmene scita ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3 : 341, pl. 47, f. 8; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 162; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9
Larva on
Gramineae Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 26
Senegal. See [About maps]
Estigmene senegalensis Rothschild, 1933; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 11 (62): 185, TL: [Senegal,] Sédhiou
Estigmene senegalensis ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9
Tanzania. See [About maps]
Estigmene similis Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 164, TL: [Tanzania,] Ukerewe I.
Estigmene similis ; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 163; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9
Kenya, Uganda. See [About maps]
Estigmene tenuistrigata Hampson, 1900; Ann. S. Afric. Mus. 2: 54, TL: [Zimbabwe,] Mahsonaland, Salisbury
Estigmene tenuistrigata ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3 : 341, pl. 48, f. 16; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 162; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9
Larva on
Gramineae,
(pasture grasses) Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 26
Senegal. See [About maps]
Estigmene testaceoflava Rothschild, 1933; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 11 (62): 185, TL: Senegal, Sédhiou
Estigmene testaceoflava ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9
Angola, Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania. See [About maps]
Spilosoma trivitta Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 3: 673, TL: Port Natal
Estigmene trivitta, African Moths [AFM]
Estigmene trivitta ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3 : 343, pl. 47, f. 7; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 165; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9, f. 11
Senegal, Gambia, Nigeria. See [About maps]
Estigmene unilinea Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 163, TL: Nigeria, Anambara Creek
Estigmene unilinea ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9
Unknown or unplaced taxa
Cycnia dubia Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 3: 682, TL: St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay
Estigmene acraea dubia ; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 165
Estigmene pembertoni Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 162, TL: Bailundu, Angola
Pericallia williami Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 170, TL: Bali
Estigmene williami ; [NHM]
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- References:
- [AFM]
- African Moths
- [ALBERTA]
- University of Alberta, E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum; Browse Entomology Collection
- [About maps]
- Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
- [BAMONA]
- Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
- [BCA]
- electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
- [BHL]
- The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
- [Bruce Walsh]
- Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona
- [DubN]
- Dubatolov; Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) of the Nearctic Region; (under construction)
- [GALEPS]
- Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States; James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm
- [HBN]
- Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
- [HMB]
- Holland, 1908; The Moth Book; A popular guide to a knowledge of the moths of North America
- [MPG]
- North American Moth Photographers Group
- [NACL]
- Hodges, 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico
- [NHM]
- Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
- [PNWM]
- Pacific Northwest Moths
- Some related literature:
- Bartel, 1903
- Neue aethiopische Arctiidae der Sammlung des Kgl. Museums für Naturkunde in Berlin
Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1)
: 170-214
- Behr, 1893
- Leucarctia rickseckeri
Zoë 4: 247-248
- Berio, 1935
- Nuove Arctiidae d'Africa del Museo di Genova
Ann. Mus. nat. Giacomo Doria 59: 26-27
- Bethune-Baker, 1909
- Descriptions of new African Lepidoptera
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 3 (17)
: 422-437
- Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Descriptions of new African Heterocera
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 7
(41): 530-552,
(42): 553-576
- Butler, 1875
- Revision of the genus Spilosoma and the allied groups of the family Arctiidae
Cistula Ent. 2
: 21-44
- Distant, 1898
- Heterocera from the Transvaal
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 1 (2)
: 116-118
- Drury, 1773
- Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ...
Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 2
: 1-90, pl. 1-50
- Godman & Salvin, 1885
- Biologia Centrali-Americana; or Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Mexico and Central America. Zoology. Lepidoptera. Heterocera
Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera
1: 1-490,
3: pl. 1-101
- Goodger & Watson, 1995
- An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnosis and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiinae)
The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths
- Hampson, 1900
- The moths of South Africa (Part 1)
Ann. S. Afric. Mus. 2: 33-66
- Hampson, 1901
- Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.)
Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3
: i-xix, 1-690, pl. 36-54
- Hampson, 1905
- Description of new genera and species of Syntomidae, Arctiadae, Agaristidae, and Noctuidae
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 15 (89)
: 425-453
- Hampson, 1907
- Descriptions of new genera and species of Syntomidae, Arctiadae, Agaristidae and Noctuidae
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 19 (111)
: 221-257
- Hampson, 1916
- On a collection of moths made in Somaliland by Mr W. Feather. With Description of New Species by Sir G. F. Hampson, Bart., L. B. Prout, J. H. Durant and Dr. Karl Jordan
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1916
: 91-183
- Harris, 1841
- A report on the insects of Massachusetts injurious to vegetation
Rep. Insects Mass. injurious to Vegn: 459pp
- Hübner, [1820]
- Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826]
Verz. bek. Schmett.
(1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816),
(2): 17-32 (1819),
(3): 33-48 (1819),
(4): 49-64 (1819),
(5): 65-80 (1819),
(6): 81-96 (1819),
(7): 97-112 (1819),
(8): 113-128 (1819),
(9): 129-144 (1819),
(10): 145-160 (1819),
(11): 161-176 (1819),
(12): 177-192 (1820),
(13): 193-208 (1820),
(14): 209-224 (1821),
(15): 225-240 (1821),
(16): 241-256 (1821),
(17): 257-272 (1823),
(18): 273-288 (1823),
(19): 289-304 (1823),
(20): 305-320 (1825),
(21): 321-336 (1825),
(22): 337-352 (1825),
(23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
- Kiriakoff, 1954
- Hétérocères nouveaux ou peu connus du Katanga
Revue Zool. Bot. afr. 50: 168-188
- Packard, 1864
- Synopsis of the Bombycidae of the United States. (1 & 2)
Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 3
: 97-130,
: 331-396
- Romieux, 1943
- Description de Lépidoptères nouveaux du Haut-Katanga
Mitt. schweiz. ent. Ges. 19: 95-114
- Rothschild, 1910
- Catalogue of the Arctianae in the Tring museum, with notes and descriptions of new species
Novit. Zool. 17
(1): 1-85,
(2): 113-171
- Rothschild, 1933
- New species and subspecies of Arctiinae
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 11 (62): 167-194
- Strand, 1919
- Arciidae: Subfam. Arctiinae
Lepidopterorum Catalogus, 22: [1]-415
- Stretch, 1874
- Illustrations of the Zygaenidae & Bombycidae of North America
Illust. Zygaenidae & Bombycidae 1
: 1-242, pl. 1-10
- Toulgoët, 1986
- Description d'une nouvelle Arctiidae africaine
Nouv. Rev. Ent. (N.S.) 3: 309-311
- Walker, 1855; Walker, 1856
- List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum
List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
1: 1-278 (1854),
2: 279-581 (1854),
3: 583-775 (1855),
4: 777-976 (1855),
5: 977-1258 (1855),
6: 1259-1508 (1855),
7: 1509-1808 (1856)
- Walker, [1865]
- List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum
List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
31: 1-322 ([1865]),
32: 323-706 (1865),
33: 707-1120 (1865),
34: 1121-1534 ([1866]),
35: 1535-2040 (1866)
- Wallengren, 1860
- Lepidopterologische Mittheilungen (1-3)
Wien ent. Monats.
4: 33-46,161-176 (1860),
7: 137-151 (1863)
- Watson & Goodger, 1986
- Catalogue of the Neotropical Tigermoths
Occ. papers on syst. entomology 1: 1-71
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