Architesma sordida

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: 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

Archithosia sordida Birket-Smith, 1965

Type locality: Cameroon, Bitje [Bitye], Ja [Dja] river).

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. genitalia slide No. 888. QR-code label with unique ID “NHMUK 014172965”.

Birket-Smith, S.J.R. 1965. A revision of the West African eilemic moths, based on the male genitalia (Lep., Arctidae [sic], Lithosinae [sic]; incl. gena. Crocosia, Eilema, Lithosia, Pelosia, Phryganopsis a. o.). Papers from the Faculty of Science, Haile Sellassie I University. Series C, Zoology 1: 1–161. Reference page.

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. . Reference page.