Acanthosia tryphosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Lithosiini
Subtribus: Lithosiina
Genus: Acanthosia
Species:
Subspecies: A. t. duplicata – A. t. pringlei – A. t. tryphosa

Name

Acanthosia tryphosa (Kiriakoff, 1958)

Type locality: Type locality: [Uganda, Ruwenzori Mts] “Bwamba Pass (west side), 5500–7500 ft.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. XII.1934–I.1935. legit F.W. Edwards. Arctiidae genitalia slide No. 44. QR-code label with unique ID NHMUK015057257.

Synonymy

References

Primary references

  • Kiriakoff, S.G. 1958. Ruwenzori Expedition 1952. Arctiidae (Except Nolidae). Ruwenzori Expedition 1952. 1(2): 3–40. Reference page. 

Additional references

  • Volynkin, A.V. 2025. Contribution to the knowledge of the Afrotropical Archithosia Birket-Smith generic complex with the description of a new genus, nineteen new species and a new subspecies, and introduction of new combinations (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Ecologica Montenegrina 82: 1-63. DOI: 10.37828/em.2025.82.1. Open access. Reference page.