Archithosia (Acanthosia) flavifrontella ( Strand, 1912 )

Durante, Antonio, Potenza, Luigi & Pellegrino, Gabriele, 2025, Revision of the subgenus Acanthosia Krüger, 2015 in the genus Archithosia Birket-Smith, 1965, with a description of four new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Zootaxa 5659 (3), pp. 407-425 : 412-413

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5659.3.6

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A9502C5D-D8E1-4FB6-A06A-8F676257C36F

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15850748

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D187D5-3850-0F1D-FF66-FB5CFD1DF888

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Plazi

scientific name

Archithosia (Acanthosia) flavifrontella ( Strand, 1912 )
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Archithosia (Acanthosia) flavifrontella ( Strand, 1912) View in CoL ( Figs. 5A, B View FIGURE 5 ; 6A, B View FIGURE 6 ; 7A, B View FIGURE 7 )

Material (genitalia dissected): 3 ♂♂, GABON, Ipassa (Makokou), 500 m, 0°30'43"N 12°48'13"E, 19-2/ 11-3- 2011, Durante leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, same data, 24/ 25-2-2011 GoogleMaps ; 6 ♂♂, same data, 14/ 24-3-2015 GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, GABON, fl. Zadié , 500 m, 0°47'32"N 13°08'30"E, 22/ 23-2-2011, Durante leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, GABON, Monts de Cristal , Kinguélé, 0°27'12"N 10°16'40"E, 19/ 30-11-2019, Durante leg. GoogleMaps ; 2 ♂♂, same data, 24/ 30-11-2019 GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, GABON, Mondah Forest , 0°34'44"N 09°20'06"E, 26/11/2017, Durante leg. GoogleMaps

4 ♀♀, GABON, Ipassa (Makokou), 500 m, 0°30'43"N 12°48'13"E, 19-2/ 11-3-2011, Durante leg. GoogleMaps ; 4 ♀♀, same data, 14/ 24-3-2015 GoogleMaps ; 3 ♀♀, GABON, fl. Zadié , 500 m, 0°47'32"N 13°08'30"E, 22/ 23-2-2011, Durante leg. GoogleMaps ; 2 ♀♀, GABON, Monts de Cristal , Kinguélé, 0°27'12"N 10°16'40"E, 19/ 30-11-2019, Durante leg. GoogleMaps ; 2 ♀♀, same data, 24/ 30- 11-2019 GoogleMaps .

One female presents teratological genital morphology ( Fig. 7B View FIGURE 7 ; see Discussion for comments).

Supplementary material (genitalia not dissected): 1 ♂, GABON, Ipassa (Makokou), 500 m, 0°30'43"N 12°48'13"E, 19-2/ 11-3-2011, Durante leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, same data, 24/ 25-2-2011 GoogleMaps ; 4 ♂♂, same data, 16/ 28-2-2012 GoogleMaps ; 4 ♂♂, same data, 14/ 24-3-2015 GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, same data, 21/ 22-11-2017 GoogleMaps .

10 ♀♀, GABON, Ipassa (Makokou), 500 m, 0°30'43"N 12°48'13"E, 19-2/ 11-3-2011, Durante leg. GoogleMaps ; 2 ♀♀, same data, 24/ 25-2-2011 GoogleMaps ; 3 ♀♀, GABON, fl. Zadié , 500 m, 0°47'32"N 13°08'30"E, 22/ 23-2-2011, Durante leg. GoogleMaps ; 19 ♀♀, GABON, Ipassa (Makokou), 500 m, 0°30'43"N 12°48'13"E, 16/ 28-2-2012, Durante leg. GoogleMaps ; 11 ♀♀, same data, 14/ 24-3-2015 GoogleMaps ; 2 ♀♀, same data, 16/ 21-6-2016 GoogleMaps ; 2 ♀♀, same data, 21/ 22-11-2017 GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀, GABON, Monts de Cristal , Kinguélé, 0°27'12"N 10°16'40"E, 19/ 30-11-2019, Durante leg. GoogleMaps

Remarks

Species recorded for the first time in Gabon.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Erebidae

SubFamily

Arctiinae

Tribe

Lithosiini

Genus

Archithosia

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