Alpenus

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 (9): 262; TS: Eminaria nigropunctata Bethune-Baker
- = Spilosoma; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 363

Alpenus; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 3; [LepIndex]; [AfroMoths]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Alpenus (Spilosomini); Dubatolov, 2009, Atalanta 40 (1/2): 289
Eminaria; [NHM-BMW]

Alpenus affiniola (Strand, 1919)

Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Niger. See [maps]

Diacrisia affiniola Strand, 1919; Lepid. Cat. 22: 168 (repl. Diacrisia affinis Rothschild, 1910); TL: ;Lokoja, Niger
Diacrisia affinis Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 127 (preoc. Spilosoma affinis Bartel, 1903); TL: Lokoja, Niger
Maenas homaema Hampson, 1920; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 592a (repl. Diacrisia affinis Rothschild, 1910); TL: Lokoja, Niger
Spilosoma tristicta Hampson, 1920; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 367, pl. 58, f. 13; TL: Nigeria, Lokoja
Spilosoma diffinis Jordan, 1933; Novit. Zool. 39: 84 (repl. Diacrisia affinis Rothschild, 1910); TL: ;Lokoja, Niger

Alpenus affiniola; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 3; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Maenas affinis; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 355, pl. 57, f. 26

Alpenus auriculatus Watson, 1988

Namibia, S.Africa. See [maps]

Alpenus auriculatus Watson, 1988; Ent. Scandinavica 19: 273; TL: "Süd Farm"

Alpenus auriculatus; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 3; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Alpenus diversata (Hampson, 1916)

Somalia, Ethiopia, Zaire. See [maps]

Diacrisia diversata Hampson, 1916; Novit. zool. 23: 234; TL: Somaliland

Alpenus diversata; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [AFM]
Alpenus diversatus; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 3
Spilosoma diversata; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 372, pl. 58, f. 15

Alpenus dollmani (Hampson, 1920)

Zambia, Zaire. See [maps]

Spilosoma dollmani Hampson, 1920; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 371, pl. 69, f. 5; TL: Rhodesia, Solwezi

Alpenus dollmani; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 3; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Alpenus geminipuncta (Hampson, 1916)

Ethiopia. See [maps]

Diacrisia geminipuncta Hampson, 1916; Novit. zool. 23: 235; TL: Ethiopia

Alpenus geminipuncta; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 3; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Spilosoma geminipuncta; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 379, pl. 58, f. 20

Alpenus intacta (Hampson, 1916)

N.Nigeria, Zaire, Zambia. See [maps]

Maenas intacta Hampson, 1916; Novit. zool. 23: 234; TL: N.Nigeria, Kano

Alpenus intacta; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Alpenus intactus; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 3
Maenas intacta; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 356, pl. 57, f. 27

Alpenus investigatorum (Karsch, 1898)

Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Angola, Ghana. See [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 (1): 176; TL: Tanzania, Mhonda
- = Spilosoma investigatorum; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 375
Spilosoma mhondana Bartel, 1903; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1): 179; TL: Tanzania, Mhonda
- = Spilosoma investigatorum; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 375
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; Dubatolov, 2009, Atalanta 40 (1/2): 290, pl. 26, f. 18-19; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [AFM]
Diacrisia investigatorum; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 129
Diacrisia mhondana; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 128
Spilosoma investigatorum; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 375, pl. 58, f. 18

Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, [1781])

Ghana, Lagos, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Angoloa, Cameroon, Nigeria, Congo, Uganda, E.Africa, Rhodesia. See [maps]

Phalaena maculosa Stoll, [1781]; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (29-31): 156, (32-32):250, (29-31): pl. 370, 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
Halesidota ? macularia Walker, [1865]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 314; TL: W. or C. Africa
Spilosoma eyralpenus Plötz, 1880; Stettin ent. Ztg 41 (1-3): 83; TL: W. Africa, "Victoria"
Alpenus maculosus var. kordofanus Wichgraf, 1922; Int. ent. Zs. 15 (25): 197; TL: Kordofan

Alpenus maculosa; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [AFM]
Alpenus maculosus; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 3, f. 3, 95-96
Diacrisia maculosa; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 276; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 127
Spilosoma maculosa; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 372

Alpenus microsticta (Hampson, 1920)

Nigeria, Zaire. See [maps]

Spilosoma microsticta Hampson, 1920; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 367, pl. 58, f. 12; TL: Nigeria, Foveados

Alpenus microsticta; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Alpenus microstictus; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 3

Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908)

Ghana, Nigeria, C.A.R., Zaire, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania, Angola, Zimbabwe, S.Africa. See [maps]

Eminaria nigropunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 2 (9): 262; TL: Patigo, Acholi Country, 4000ft [Uganda]
Estigmene jacksoni Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 164 (preocc. Diacrisia jacksoni Rothschild, 1910:140); TL: Entebbe, Uganda
Spilosoma cincticorpus Hampson, 1920; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 366, pl. 58, f. 11; TL: Uganda, Entebbe
Spilosoma oligosticta Hampson, 1920; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 368, pl. 63, f. 14 (repl. Estigmene jacksoni Rothschild, 1910:164); TL: Uganda, Entebbe
Acantharctia antemediata Rothschild, 1933; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 11 (62): 193; TL: Sudan, Tambura, southern Bahr-el-Ghazal

Alpenus jacksoni; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Alpenus nigropunctata; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [AFM]
Alpenus nigropunctatus; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 3

Alpenus pardalina (Rothschild, 1910)

Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda. See [maps]

Diacrisia pardalina Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 128, 17 (4): pl. 14, f. 14; TL: Tanzania, Victoria Nyanza region, Ukerewe Is., Masindi etc.

Alpenus pardalina; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 4; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [AFM]
Spilosoma pardalina; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 374

Alpenus schraderi (Rothschild, 1910)

-. See [maps]

Diacrisia schraderi Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 128, 17 (4): pl. 14, f. 29; TL: Ethiopia, Salomona

Alpenus schraderi; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Spilosoma schraderi; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 374

A. s. schraderi Ethiopia, Eritrea

Alpenus schraderi schraderi; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 4; [AfroMoths]

A. s. rattrayi (Rothschild, 1910) Cameroon, Ghana, S.Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania

Diacrisia rattrayi Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 129; TL: Uganda, Entebbe

Alpenus schraderi rattrayi; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 4; [LepIndex]; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL]
Spilosoma rattrayi; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 373, pl. 58, f. 16

Alpenus thomasi Watson, 1988

Senegal, Cameroon, Nigeria, C.A.R. See [maps]

Alpenus thomasi Watson, 1988; Ent. Scandinavica 19: 265; TL: Cameroun, near Kumbo

Alpenus thomasi; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 4; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Alpenus whalleyi Watson, 1988

S.Africa, Namibia. See [maps]

Alpenus whalleyi Watson, 1988; Ent. Scandinavica 19: 260; TL: SW.Africa, Otjitambi Farm

Alpenus whalleyi; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 4; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Alpenus wichgrafi Watson, 1988

Sudan. See [maps]

Alpenus wichgrafi Watson, 1988; Ent. Scandinavica 19: 271; TL: Sudan, Kordofan

Alpenus wichgrafi; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 4; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

References:

[AFM]
African Moths
[AfroMoths] De Prins, J., & De Prins, W.
Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera); (Version 2024-03-15). Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Belspo; https://doi.org/10.15468/s1kwuw
[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!
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[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
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[ZOBODAT] Oberösterreichische Landesmuseum
OÖ. Landesmuseum; ZOBODAT - Literatur
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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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
Bethune-Baker, 1908
Descriptions of new African Heterocera Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 2 (9) : 255-264
Dubatolov, 2009
Reviewing the African tiger-moth genera: 1. A new genus, two new subgenera and a species list from the expedition to Malawi by V. Kovtunovich & P. Usthjuzhanin in 2008-2009, with further taxonomic notes on South African Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae: Arctiinae) Atalanta 40 (1/2) : 285-301, 352-355, pl. 24-27
Dufrane, 1953
Lépidoptères du Kivu (5e note) 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 : 1-65
Hampson, 1901
Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3 : 1-690, pl. 36-54, : i-xix
Hampson, 1916
Description of new species of the family Arctiadae in the British Museum Novit. zool. 23 : 230-240
Hampson, 1920
Catalogue of the Lithosiadae (Arctianae) and Phalaenoididae in the collection of the British Museum Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 1-592,592a,593-619, pl. 42-71
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 : 80-85
Plötz, 1880
Verzeichniss der von Professor Dr. R. Bucholz in West-Africa gesammelten Schmetterlinge Stettin ent. Ztg 41 (1-3): 76-88, (4-6): 189-206, (7-9): 298-307
Rothschild, 1910
Catalogue of the Arctianae in the Tring museum, with notes and descriptions of new species Novit. Zool. 17 (1): 1-85, 17 (2): 113-171, 17 (4): pl. 11-14, 18: pl. 3-6 (1911)
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
Lepidopterorum Catalogus: Arciidae: Subfam. Arctiinae Lepid. Cat. 22 : 1-416
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: 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)
Watson, 1988
A review of Spilosoma-like Afrotropical tiger-moths (Lep: Arc.) Ent. Scandinavica 19 : 251-291
Wichgraf, 1922
Neue afrikanische Lepidopteren aus der Ertlschen Sammlung Int. ent. Zs. 15 (3): 19-20 (1921), (8): 59-60 (1921), (12): 93-95 (1921), (15): 116-117 (1921), (20): 157-158 (1921), (22): 171-173 (1922), (25): 196-198 (1922), (26): 208 (1922)

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