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Issue: Vol. 5659 No. 3: 4 Jul. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-07-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5659.3.6
Page range: 407-425
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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)

Museo di Storia naturale del Salento. S.P. Calimera-Borgagne; Km 1; 73021 Calimera; Italy
Museo di Storia naturale del Salento. S.P. Calimera-Borgagne; Km 1; 73021 Calimera; Italy
Museo di Storia naturale del Salento. S.P. Calimera-Borgagne; Km 1; 73021 Calimera; Italy
Lepidoptera Afrotropical Lithosiini genus Archithosia subgenus Acanthosia new species teratology

Abstract

The subgenus Acanthosia Krüger, 2015 of the genus Archithosia Birket-Smith, 1965 is revised. two species are recorded for the first time in Gabon: A. flavifrontella (Strand, 1912) and A. similis Birket-Smith, 1965; two new species groups are proposed: A. flavifrontella (Strand, 1912) species group and A. tryphosa (Kiriakoff, 1958) species group; and three species are described as new: Archithosia (Acanthosia) oblonga sp. nov.; A. (A.) brevis sp. nov. and A. (A.) parva sp. nov. A teratological specimen of A. flavifrontella is also recorded.

 

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How to Cite

Durante, A., Potenza, L. & Pellegrino, G. (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), 407–425. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5659.3.6