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Argina Hübner, [1819]
Argina Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (11): 167, TS: Phalaena cribraria Clerck
Alytarchia Wallengren, 1863; Wien ent. Monatschr. 7: 147, TS: Euchelia amanda Boisduval
Alytarchia Wallengren, 1865; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 5 (4): 47 (redescription)
Xanthesthes Rambur, 1866; Cat. syst. Lépid. Andalousie (2): 228, TS: Xanthesthes albocincta Rambur
Lomaspilis Felder, 1874; in Felder & Rogenhofer, Reise öst. Fregatte Novara (Zool.) 2 (Abt. 2): pl. 100, f. 27 (preocc. Lomaspilis Hübner, [1825] (Geometridae), TS: Lomaspilis pantheraria Felder
Xantesthes ; Bryk, 1937, Lepid. Cat., 82: 26 (missp.)
Xanthestes ; Bryk, 1937, Lepid. Cat., 82: 93 (missp.)
Argina ; [AUCL]

Argina argus Kollar, [1844]
Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan, Taiwan, Hunan, S.India - Kashmir, Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka. See [About maps] Argina argus ; [DubO]

Argina astrea (Drury, 1773)
China (Yunnan, Hongkong, Zhejiang, Guangdong), Taiwan, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Burma, Philippines, Japan (Ryukyu), Indochina, Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, Oceania, E.Africa, Ghana, Madagascar, Seyschelles. See [About maps] Phalaena astrea Drury, 1773; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 2: index, 11, pl. 6, f. 3 (repl. Phalaena cribraria Clerck, 1764)
Phalaena cribraria Clerck, 1764; Icon. Ins. rariorum : pl. [54], f. 4
Bombyx pylotis Fabricius, 1775
Deiopeia dulcis Walker, 1854
Xanthestes guttata Rambur, 1866
Argina notata Butler, 1877
Argina pylotes Butler, 1877
Alpenus multiguttatus Swinhoe, 1892
Argina perforata Seitz, 1914
Argina detersa Hulstaert, 1923
Argina astrea, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Phalaena astraea ; [AUCL, (missp.)]
Argina astraea ; [DubC]
Argina astrea ; [MOB6, 54]; [DubO]; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 6, f. 73-74, 186-187

Larva on Beaumontia, Ficus petersii, Eugenia cordata, Ochna serrulata, Crotalaria, Mimusops obovata Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 25

A. a. pardalina Walker, 1864
E.Africa, Madagascar

Argina pulchra Swinhoe, 1892
Philippines. See [About maps] Argina callargus Reich, 1932
Argina pulchra ; [DubO]

Argina syringa (Cramer, 1775)
S.India - W.Bengali, Sri Lanka, N.Australia?. See [About maps] Bombyx crotolariae Fabricius, 1793
Argina syringa ; [DubO]

 

Argina amanda (Boisduval, 1847)
Tropical Africa, Madagascar. See [About maps] Euchelia amanda Boisduval, 1847; in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2: 597, TL: "Pays des Amazoulous", Côte de Guinée and "Pays de Galam"
Deiopeia cingulifera Walker, 1854; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 2: 569, TL: Congo
Deiopeia[?] ocellina Walker, 1854; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 2: 571, TL: Port Natal; Zulu Country; Madagascar
Xanthesthes albocincta Rambur, 1866; Cat. syst. Lépid. Andalousie (2): 229, TL: Madagascar
Deiopeia serrata Mabille, 1879; [REF#a. 21], TL: Madagascar
Argina amanda ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 6, f. 71-72, f. 184-185

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


Argina leonina (Walker, [1865])
Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Zaire, Uganda, Malawi. See [About maps] Deiopeia leonina Walker, [1865]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 262, TL: Sierra Leone
Argina leonina ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 6

The ? species-group

Argina pantheraria (Felder, 1874)
S.Africa. See [About maps] Lomaspilis pantheraria Felder, 1874; in Felder & Rogenhofer, Reise öst. Fregatte Novara (Zool.) 2 (Abt. 2): pl. 100, f. 27, TL: Caffraria


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References:
[AUCL]
Nielsen & Rangsi, 1996; Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia; CSIRO, Australia
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[Don Herbison-Evans]
and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans
[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
[MOB6]
Holloway, J. D, 1988; The Moths of Borneo, Part 6; Family Arctiidae, Subfamilies Syntomiinae, Euchromiinae, Arctiinae; Aganainae (to Noctuidae)


Some related literature:
Boisduval, 1847
Catalogue des Lépidoptères recuellis par M. Delegorgue, 1833-1844 in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2: 585-614
Bryk, 1937
Arctiidae, subfamilies Callimorphinae, Nyctemerinae Lepid. Cat., 82: 105pp
Clerck, 1764
Icones Insectorum Rariorum cum Nominibus eorum Trivialibus, Locisque e C. Linnaei ... Systema Naturae allegatis. Holmiae Icon. Ins. rariorum : pl. 1-12 (1759), pl. 13-55 (1764)
Drury, 1773
Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ... Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 2: 90pp, 50pls
Goodger & Watson, 1995
An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnosis and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiinae) The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths
Hübner, [1819]
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])
Rambur, 1866
Catalogue systematique des lépidoptères de l'Andalousie Cat. syst. Lépid. Andalousie (1): 1-92 (1858), (2): 93-442 ([1866])
Walker, 1854
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)
Wallengren, 1863
Lepidopterologische Mittheilunge Wien ent. Monatschr. 7: 137-151


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