Architesma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: 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

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Lithosiini
Subtribus: Lithosiina
Genus: Architesma
Species: A. ampullaria – A. angulifascia – A. bassa – A. diffusa – A. dolgomoides – A. frondosa – A. henricus – A. inermis – A. jaundeana – A. makomensis – A. ndoki – A. nkwaji – A. nouabaleana – A. nyonie – A. odzala – A. smithi – A. sordida – A. turlini

Architesma Birket-Smith, 1965

Type species: Archithosia (Architesma) sordida Sven Jorgen R. Birket-Smith, 1965, by original designation

Eurythosia Krüger, 2015 (synonymized by Volynkin, 2025: 4)
- Type species: Ilema makomensis Embrik Strand, 1912

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.). Reference page.

Krüger, M. 2015. Generic classification of Afrotropical footman moths sensu stricto (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini (partim)). Transvaal Museum Monographs 15: 1–176. hdl: 10520/EJC184710 .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.