Antitype

Antitype is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1821.^[1][2][3]

The scientific name is derived from the Greek antitupos (something that returns). Hübner probably referred to similarities with a genus which was described earlier, probably Polymixis.^[4]

Species

• Antitype africana Berio, 1939
• Antitype armena (Eversmann, 1856)
• Antitype chi (Linnaeus, 1758) – grey chi
• Antitype chionodes Boursin, 1968
• Antitype jonis (Lederer, 1865)
• Antitype suda (Geyer, [1832])

Antitype kalchbergi is now known as Brachygalea kalchbergi (Staudinger, 1897).

References

Antitype is een geslacht nachtvlinders uit de familie van de Noctuidae.

De wetenschappelijke is afgeleid van het Griekse antitupos (iets dat terugkomt). Hiermee verwees Hübner naar overeenkomsten met een eerder beschreven geslacht, waarschijnlijk Polymixis.^[1]

Soorten

• Antitype africana Berio, 1939
• Antitype armena (Eversmann, 1856)
• Antitype chi - Chi-uil (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Antitype chionodes Boursin, 1968
• Antitype jonis (Lederer, 1865)
• Antitype suda (Geyer, [1832])

• Markku Savela, Antitype, bezocht op 12 jan 2010.

Antitype é um gênero de traça pertencente à família Arctiidae.^[1]

Referências

Bibliografia

• Bates DL, Fenton MB (1990) Aposematism or startle? Predators learn their responses to the defenses of prey. Can J Zool 68:49–52
• Dunning DC, Krüger M (1995) Aposematic sounds in African moths. Biotropica 27:227–231
• Dunning DC, Acharya L, Merriman CB, Ferro LD (1992) Interactions between bats and arctiid moths. Can J Zool 70:2218–2223
• Fullard JH, Fenton MB, Simmons JA (1979) Jamming bat echolocation: the clicks of arctiid moths. Can J Zool 57:647–649
• William Conner (ed.). (2009). Tiger moths and woolly bears : behavior, ecology, and evolution of the Arctiidae. Oxford University Press: New York. ISBN 9780195327373