Afrida

Afrida Möschler, 1886

Afrida Möschler, 1886; Abh. senckenb. nat. Ges. 14 (3): 30; TS: Afrida tortriciformis Möschler
Neoselca Hampson, 1898; Trans. Ent. Soc. 1898 (3): 244; TS: Nola minuta Druce
Aresia Barnes & McDunnough, 1913; Contr. nat. Hist. Lep. N. Am. 2 (4): 167; TS: Aresia parva Barnes & McDunnough

Afrida; [P&N23]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Afrida (Afridinae); [NACL93], 42
Afrida (Afridini);
Afrida (Lithosianae); Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2: 348
Aresia; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [NHM-BMW]
Neoselca; [NHM-BMW]

Afrida amphithrepta Dyar, 1913 Argentina. See [maps]
- Afrida amphithrepta Dyar, 1913; Insec. Insc. Mens. 1 (3): 32; TL: Metan, Prov. of Salta Argentina
- Afrida amphithrepta; Hampson, 1914, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: 657, pl. 34, f. 26; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Afrida basiposis Dyar, 1913 Haiti
- Afrida basiposis Dyar, 1913; Insec. Insc. Mens. 1 (3): 29; TL: San Francisco Mtns, Santo Domingo
- Afrida basiposis; Hampson, 1914, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: 651, pl. 34, f. 11; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Afrida basipunctata Rothschild, 1913 Peru. See [maps]
- Afrida basipunctata Rothschild, 1913; Novit. Zool. 20 (1): 195; TL: Agualani, Carabaya, Peru, 9000ft
- Afrida basipunctata; Hampson, 1914, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: 653, pl. 34, f. 18; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Afrida charientisma Dyar, 1913 Antilles, Cuba. See [maps]
- Afrida charientisma Dyar, 1913; Insec. Insc. Mens. 1 (3): 30; TL: Baracoa; Santiago, Cuba
- Afrida charientisma; Hampson, 1914, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: 651, pl. 34, f. 13; Becker & Miller, 2002, J. Lep. Soc. 56 (1): 37, f. 169; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Afrida ciliata Hampson, 1900 Costa Rica. See [maps]
- Afrida ciliata Hampson, 1900; Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2: 350, f. 258; TL: Costa Rica, Irazu
- Afrida ciliata; Dyar, 1913, Insec. Insc. Mens. 1 (3): 31; Hampson, 1914, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: 660; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Afrida claricosta Dyar, 1913 French Guiana. See [maps]
- Afrida claricosta Dyar, 1913; Insec. Insc. Mens. 1 (3): 33; TL: French Guiana
- Afrida claricosta; Hampson, 1914, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: 659, pl. 34, f. 30; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Afrida coagulata Dyar, 1914 Mexico. See [maps]
- Afrida coagulata Dyar, 1914; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 47 (2054): 368; TL: Tehuacan, Mexico
- Afrida coagulata Dyar, 1913; Insec. Insc. Mens. 1 (3): 32 (nom. nud.?)
- Afrida coagulata; Hampson, 1914, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: 658, pl. 34, f. 24; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Afrida cosmiogramma Dyar, 1913 Cuba. See [maps]
- Afrida cosmiogramma Dyar, 1913; Insec. Insc. Mens. 1 (3): 31; TL: Baracoa, Cuba
- Afrida cosmiogramma; Hampson, 1914, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: 652, pl. 34, f. 16; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Afrida exegens Dyar, 1922 Mexico. See [maps]
- Afrida exegens Dyar, 1922; Ins. Insc. Menstr. 10: 8; TL: Mexico City, Mexico
- "Afrida" exegens; [NACL93], #1160
- Afrida exegens; [iNaturalist] ; [BAMONA]
Afrida flavifera Dognin, 1914 Colombia. See [maps]
- Afrida flavifera Dognin, 1914; Hét. nouv. Am. Sud 7: 13; TL: Mt Tolima, Colombia
- Afrida flavifera; Hampson, 1914, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: 654, pl. 34, f. 19; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Afrida gymnes Dyar, 1913 Panama. See [maps]
- Afrida gymnes Dyar, 1913; Insec. Insc. Mens. 1 (3): 31; TL: Panama
- Afrida gymnes Dyar, 1914; Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 47 (2050): 166; TL: Panama, La Chorrera; Tabernilla
- Afrida gymnes; Hampson, 1914, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: 652, pl. 34, f. 15; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Afrida hemicycla Hampson, 1918 Colombia. See [maps]
- Afrida hemicycla Hampson, 1918; Novit. zool. 25 (1): 103; TL: Colombia, Choko Prov. , Condoto
- Afrida hemicycla; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Afrida interdicta Dyar, 1913 Cuba. See [maps]
- Afrida interdicta Dyar, 1913; Insec. Insc. Mens. 1 (3): 29; TL: Baracoa, Cuba
- Afrida interdicta; Hampson, 1914, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: 651, pl. 34, f. 12; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Afrida larentiata Reich, 1933 Brazil. See [maps]
- larentiata Reich, 1933; Int. ent. Zs. 27 (32): 364
- Afrida larentiata; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Afrida melampages Dyar, 1913 Brazil (São Paulo). See [maps]
- Afrida melampages Dyar, 1913; Insec. Insc. Mens. 1 (3): 32; TL: São Paulo, Brazil
- Afrida melampages; Hampson, 1914, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: 654, pl. 34, f. 20; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Afrida melenita Dognin, 1911 French Guiana. See [maps]
- Afrida melenita Dognin, 1911; Hét. nouv. Am. Sud 2: 13; TL: French Guiana
- Afrida melenita; Dyar, 1913, Insec. Insc. Mens. 1 (3): 32; Hampson, 1914, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: 658, pl. 34, f. 27; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Afrida melicerta (Druce, 1885) Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil (Paraña, São Paulo), Bolivia. See [maps]
- Nola melicerta Druce, 1885; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 140, 3: pl. 8, f. 18; TL: Costa Rica
- Afrida melicerta; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2: 350; Dyar, 1913, Insec. Insc. Mens. 1 (3): 31; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
- Nola melicerta; [POOLE]; [iNaturalist]
Misidentified/misapplied:
- Nola melicerta (= Meganola leucostola); Godman & Salvin, 1885, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 140 (part)
- Afrida melicerta; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2: 350
  
  = Afrida viridifera; Hampson, 1914, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: 655 (part)
Afrida mesomelaena Hampson, 1914 Jamaica
- Afrida mesomelaena Hampson, 1914; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: 650, pl. 34, f. 9; TL: Jamaica
- Afrida mesomelaena; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Afrida minuta (Druce, 1885) Costa Rica, Texas. See [maps]
- Nola minuta Druce, 1885; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 140, 3: pl. 13, f. 17; TL: Costa Rica, Irazu
- Afrida minuta; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2: 349, f. 257; Dyar, 1913, Insec. Insc. Mens. 1 (3): 29; [NACL], #8103; [NACL93], #1159; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BAMONA]
Misidentified/misapplied:
- Nola minuta (= Afrida ciliata); Druce, 1885, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 140 (part)
Afrida oligoglotta Dyar, 1913 Brazil (Paraña). See [maps]
- Afrida oligoglotta Dyar, 1913; Insec. Insc. Mens. 1 (3): 32; TL: Castro, Parana, Brazil
- Afrida oligoglotta; Hampson, 1914, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: 655, pl. 34, f. 21; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Afrida parvula Schaus, 1911 Costa Rica. See [maps]
- Afrida parvula Schaus, 1911; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 7 (40): 363; TL: Costa Rica
- Afrida parvula; Hampson, 1914, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: 650, pl. 34, f. 10; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Afrida phasma Dyar, 1913 Brazil (Paraña). See [maps]
- Afrida phasma Dyar, 1913; Insec. Insc. Mens. 1 (3): 30; TL: Castro, Parana, Brazil
- Afrida phasma; Hampson, 1914, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: 660, pl. 34, f. 31; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Afrida pnixis Dyar, 1913 Panama, British Guiana. See [maps]
- Afrida pnixis Dyar, 1913; Insec. Insc. Mens. 1 (3): 30; TL: Panama, Cabima
- Afrida pnixis Dyar, 1914; Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 47 (2050): 166; TL: Panama, Cabima
- Afrida pnixis; Hampson, 1914, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: 652, pl. 34, f. 14; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Afrida polyglotta Hampson, 1914 Costa Rica. See [maps]
- Afrida polyglotta Hampson, 1914; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: 659, pl. 34, f. 29 (Schaus, ined.); TL: Costa Rica
- Afrida polyglotta Schaus, 1915; Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 41: 1; TL: Juan Viñas, Costa Rica
- Afrida polyglotta Dyar, 1913; Insec. Insc. Mens. 1 (3): 33 (nom. nud.)
- Afrida polyglotta; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Afrida sceletozona Hampson, 1914 Costa Rica. See [maps]
- Afrida sceletozona Hampson, 1914; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: 660, pl. 34, f. 32 (Schaus, ined.); TL: Costa Rica
- Afrida sceletozona Schaus, 1915; Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 41: 1; TL: Juan Vinas, Costa Rica
- Afrida sceletozona Dyar, 1913; Insec. Insc. Mens. 1 (3): 30; TL: (nom. nud.?)
- Afrida sceletozona; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Afrida superciliosa Dyar, 1913 Brazil (São Paulo). See [maps]
- Afrida superciliosa Dyar, 1913; Insec. Insc. Mens. 1 (3): 33; TL: São Paulo, Brazil
- Afrida superciliosa; Hampson, 1914, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: 356, pl. 34, f. 23; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Afrida tortricifacies Dyar, 1913 Haiti
- Afrida tortricifacies Dyar, 1913; Insec. Insc. Mens. 1 (3): 28; TL: San Francisco Mtns, Santo Domingo
- Afrida tortricifacies; Hampson, 1914, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: 650, pl. 34, f. 8; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Afrida tortriciformis Möschler, 1886 Jamaica
- Afrida tortriciformis Möschler, 1886; Abh. senckenb. nat. Ges. 14 (3): 30; TL: Jamaica
- Afrida tortriciformis; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2: 349, f. 256; Dyar, 1913, Insec. Insc. Mens. 1 (3): 28; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Afrida viridifera Hampson, 1914 Bolivia. See [maps]
- Afrida viridifera Hampson, 1914; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: 655, pl. 34, f. 22; TL: Bolivia, Chaco
- Afrida viridifera; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Afrida ydatodes Dyar, 1913 Florida, Texas. See [maps]
- Afrida ydatodes Dyar, 1913; Insec. Insc. Mens. 1 (3): 31; TL: Florida
- Aresia parva Barnes & McDunnough, 1913; Contr. nat. Hist. Lep. N. Am. 2 (4): 167, pl. 1, f. 1; TL: Florida, Everglade and Texas, Brownsville
- Afrida ydatodes; Hampson, 1914, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: 653, pl. 34, f. 17; [NACL], #8102; [NACL93], #1158; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BAMONA]
- Aresia ydatodes; [LepIndex]
Afrida zoephila Dyar, 1913 Mexico, Costa Rica. See [maps]
- Afrida zoephila Dyar, 1913; Insec. Insc. Mens. 1 (3): 32
- Afrida zoephila Dyar, 1914; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 47 (2054): 368; TL: Orizaba, Mexico; Juan Vinas, Costa Rica
- Afrida zoephila; Hampson, 1914, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: 657, pl. 34, f. 25; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Afrida zolda Dyar, 1913 Mexico. See [maps]
- Afrida zolda Dyar, 1913; Insec. Insc. Mens. 1 (3): 33
- Afrida zolda Dyar, 1914; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 47 (2054): 368; TL: Oxaca, Mexico
- Afrida zolda; Hampson, 1914, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: 358, pl. 34, f. 28; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Unmatched external taxa

Afrida pnixix; [iNaturalist]
Afrida soecues; [iNaturalist]
Afrida sp.; [MPG]
Afrida tortricifascies; [iNaturalist]

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References:

[BAMONA] Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue
Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[BCA] electronic
BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[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
[JLS]
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles
[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
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[P&N23] Pohl & Nanz, 2023
Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico
[ZOBODAT] Oberösterreichische Landesmuseum
OÖ. Landesmuseum; ZOBODAT - Literatur
[ZOOKEYS]
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

Some related literature:

Barnes & McDunnough, 1913
Some apparently new Lepidoptera from southern Florida Contr. nat. Hist. Lep. N. Am. 2 (4) : 166-196, pl. 1-4
Becker & Miller, 2002
The large moths of Guana Island, British Virgin Islands: a survey of efficient colonizers J. Lep. Soc. 56 (1) : 9-44
Dognin, 1911
Hétérocères nouveaux de l'Amérique du Sud Hét. nouv. Am. Sud 2 : 3-56
Dognin, 1914
Hétérocères nouveaux de l'Amérique du Sud Hét. nouv. Am. Sud 7 : 3-32
Dyar, 1913
The species of Afrida Möschler Insec. Insc. Mens. 1 (3) : 26-33
Dyar, 1914
Report on the lepidoptera of the Smithsonian Biological Survey of the Canal Zone Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 47 (2050) : 139-350
Dyar, 1914
Description of new species and genera of Lepidoptera from Mexico Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 47 (2054) : 365-409
Dyar, 1922
New American moths and nots: 8-18 Ins. Insc. Menstr. 10 : 8-18
Druce in Godman & Salvin, 1885; Godman & Salvin, 1885
Biologia Centrali-Americana; or Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Mexico and Central America. Zoology. Lepidoptera. Heterocera Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 1-490, 3: pl. 1-101
Hampson, 1898
The moths of the Lesser Antilles Trans. Ent. Soc. 1898 (3) : 241-260, pl. 17
Hampson, 1900
Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosinae) in the collection of the British Museum Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : i-xx, 1-589, pl. 18-35
Hampson, 1914
Catalogue oof the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Volume 1 Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 1: i-xxvii [?], 1-838, pl. 1-41, 2: pl. 42 (f. 1-9)
Hampson, 1918
Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Amatidae, Lithosidae, and Noctuidae Novit. zool. 25 (1) : 93-217
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
[NACL93]; Lafontaine & Schmidt, 2010
Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico ZooKeys 40 : 1-239
Möschler, 1886
Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-Fauna von Jamaica Abh. senckenb. nat. Ges. 14 (3) : 25-87, f. 1-30
[POOLE]; Poole, 1989
Lepidopterorum catalogus (New Series) 118: Noctuidae Lepid. cat. (n.s.) 118:
Reich, 1933
Neue südamerikanische Arctiiden Int. ent. Zs. 27 (31): 345-349, (32): 364-366
Rothschild, 1913
New Lithosianae Novit. Zool. 20 (1) : 192-226
Schaus, 1911
New species of Heterocera from Costa Rica. IV-VIII Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 7 (37): 33-84, (38): 173-193, (39): 262-286, (40): 355-372, (42): 612-634
Schaus, 1915
New species of Heterocera from tropical America Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 41 : 1-9

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