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Alpenus Walker, 1855

Alpenus Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 3: 686, TS: Alpenus aequalis Walker
Eminaria Bethune-Baker, 1908; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 2: 262, TS: Eminaria nigropunctata Bethune-Baker
Alpenus ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 3

Alpenus affiniola (Strand, 1919)

Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria. See [About maps] Diacrisia affiniola Strand, 1919; Lepidopterorum Catalogus, 22: 168 (repl. Diacrisia affinis Rothschild, 1910), TL: Nigeria
Diacrisia affinis Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 127 (preoc. Spilosoma affinis Bartel, 1903)
Maenas homaema Hampson, 1920; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 592a (repl. Diacrisia affinis Rothschild, 1910)
Spilosoma tristicta Hampson, 1920; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 367, TL: Nigeria, Lokoja
Spilosoma diffinis Jordan, 1933; Novit. Zool. 39: 84 (repl. Diacrisia affinis Rothschild, 1910)
Alpenus affiniola ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 3

Alpenus diversatus (Hampson, 1916)

Somalia. See [About maps] Diacrisia diversatus Hampson, 1916; Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1916: 234, TL: Somalia
Alpenus diversatus ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 3

Alpenus dollmani (Hampson, 1920)

Zambia, Zaire. See [About maps] Spilosoma dollmani Hampson, 1920; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 371, TL: Zambia, Solwezi
Alpenus dollmani ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, [REF#. 3]

Alpenus geminipuncta (Hampson, 1916)

Ethiopia. See [About maps] Diacrisia geminipuncta Hampson, 1916; Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1916: 235, TL: Ethiopia
Alpenus geninipuncta ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 3

Alpenus intactus (Hampson, 1916)

N.Nigeria. See [About maps] Maenas intactus Hampson, 1916; Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1916: 234, TL: N.Nigeria, Kano
Alpenus intactus ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 3

Alpenus investigatorum (Karsch, 1898)

Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Angola, Ghana. See [About maps] Spilosoma investigatorum Karsch, 1898; in Werther, Die mittleren Hochländer der nördlichen Deutsch-Ost-Afrika: 313, TL: Tanzania, Bagamoyo
Spilosoma cribraria Bartel, 1903; Dt. ent. Z. Iris, 16: 176, TL: Tanzania, Mhonda
Spilosoma mhondana Bartel, 1903; Dt. ent. Z. Iris, 16: 179, TL: Tanzania, Mhonda
Diacrisia investigatorum ab. extrema Dufrane, 1953; Bull. Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 89: 56, TL: Zaire, Kamituga [Kivu]
Alpenus investigatorum ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 3

Larva on Bigonia, Carica papaya, Commelina, Aster, Bidens pilosa, Cosmos, Dahlia, Galinsoga parviflora, Zinnia, Ipomoea batates, Brassica oleracea, Ricinus, Zea mays, Gossypium, Morus, Boerhavia, Arachis hypogaea, Russelia juncea, Nicotiana tabacum Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 25

Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781)

Gold Coast, Lagos, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Angoloa, Cameroon, Nigeria, Congo, Uganda, E.Africa, Rhodesia. See [About maps] Phalaena maculosa Stoll, 1781; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (29-31): 156, (32-32): 250 (1782), (29-31): pl. 370 (1781), f. B, TL: Sierra Leone
Ecpantheria assimilis Hübner, [1820]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (12): 183 (repl. Phalaena maculosa Stoll, 1781)
Alpenus aequalis Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 3: 686, TL: W.Africa
Ecpantheria indeterminata Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 3: 697, TL: W. or C. Africa
Halysidota macularia Walker, [1865]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 314, TL: W. or C. Africa
Spilosoma eyralpenus Plötz, 1880; Stett. ent. Ztg 41: 83, TL: W. Africa, "Victoria"
Diacrisia maculosa ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 276
Alpenus maculosus ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 3, f. 3, 95-96

Larva on Commelina, Aster, Bidens pilosa, Senecio abyssinicus, Ipomoea, Zea mays, Arachis hypogaea, Phaseolus, Pseudarthria, Voandzeia subterranea, Gossypium, Theobroma cacao Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 25

Alpenus microstictus (Hampson, 1920)

Nigeria. See [About maps] Spilosoma microstictus Hampson, 1920; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 367, TL: Nigeria, Foveados
Alpenus microstictus ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 3

Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908)

Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda. See [About maps] Eminaria nigropunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908; REF#c: 262, TL: Patigo, Acholi Country, [Uganda]
Estigmene jacksoni Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 164 (preocc. jacksoni Rothschild, 1901)
Spilosoma cincticorpus Hampson, 1920; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 366, TL: Uganda, Entebbe
Spilosoma oligosticta Hampson, 1920; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 368 (repl. Estigmene jacksoni Rothschild, 1901)
Acantharctia antemediata Rothschild, 1933; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 11 (62): 193, TL: Sudan, Tambura, southern Bahr-el-Ghazal
Alpenus nigropuctatus ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 3

Larva on Gossypium Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 25

Alpenus pardalina (Rothschild, 1910)

Tanzania, Kenya. See [About maps] Diacrisia pardalina Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 128, TL: Tanzania, Lek Victoria, Ukerewe Is.
Alpenus pardalina ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 4

Larva on Zea mays Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 25

Alpenus schraderi (Rothschild, 1910)

-. See [About maps] Diacrisia schraderi Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 128, TL: Ethiopia, Salomona

A. s. schraderi

Ethiopia Alpenus schraderi schraderi ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 4

A. s. rattrayi (Rothschild, 1910)

Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania Diacrisia rattrayi Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 129, TL: Uganda
Alpenus schraderi rattrayi ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 4

Larva on Amaryllis belladonna, Averhoa carambola, Albizzia zygia, Canavalia ensiformis, Musa sapientum, Theobroma cacao Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 25

Alpenus thomasi Watson, 1988

Cameroun, Nigeria, C.A.R. See [About maps] Alpenus thomasi Watson, 1988; Ent. Scandinavica 19: 265, TL: Cameroun, near Kumbo
Alpenus thomasi ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, [REF#. 4]

Alpenus whalleyi Watson, 1988

SW.Africa. See [About maps] Alpenus whalleyi Watson, 1988; Ent. Scandinavica 19: 260, TL: SW.Africa, Otjitambi Farm
Alpenus whalleyi ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 4

Alpenus wichgrafi Watson, 1988

Sudan. See [About maps] Alpenus wichgrafi Watson, 1988; Ent. Scandinavica 19: 271, TL: Sudan, Kordofan
Alpenus wichgrafi ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 4

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References:

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[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

Some related literature:

Bartel, 1903

Neue aethiopische Arctiidae der Sammlung des Kgl. Museums für Naturkunde in Berlin Dt. ent. Z. Iris, 16: 170-214

Bethune-Baker, 1908

Descriptions of new African Heterocera Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 2: 255-264

Dufrane, 1953

Lépidoptères du Kivu Bull. Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 89: 41-57

Goodger & Watson, 1995

An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnosis and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiinae) The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths

Hampson, 1901

Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: xix+690pp

Hampson, 1916

On a collection of moths made in Somaliland by Mr W. Feather Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1916: 91-183

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])

Jordan, 1933

On some Aethiopian Arctiidae Novit. Zool. 39: 80-55

Plötz, 1880

Verzeichniss der von Professor Dr R. Bucholz in West Africa gesammelten Schmetterlinge Stett. ent. Ztg 41: 76-88, 298-307

Rothschild, 1910

Catalogue of the Arctianae in the Tring museum, with notes and descriptions of new species Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 113-171

Rothschild, 1933

New species and subspecies of Arctiinae Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 11 (62): 167-194

Stoll, 1781

Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (26b-28): 29-90, pl. 305-336 (1780), (29-31): 91-164, pl. 337-372 (1781), (32-32): 165-252, 1-29, pl. 373-400 (1782)

Strand, 1919

Arciidae: Subfam. Arctiinae Lepidopterorum Catalogus, 22: [1]-415

Walker, 1855

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: 582-775 (1855), 4: 776-976 (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)

Watson, 1988

A review of Spilosoma-like Afrotropical tiger-moths (Lep: Arc.) Ent. Scandinavica 19: 251-291

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