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Orna contraria (Walker, 1854)

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Higher taxa: Zygaenidae (family)/  Zygaeninae (subfamily)/  Zygaenini (tribe)/  Orna (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Walker, 1854)
Citation:Procris contraria
Original genus:Procris
Publication:Walker F. 1854a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I.– Lepidoptera Heterocera.
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Volume:1
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Pagination:113
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39418111
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Orna contraria (Walker, 1854) Holotype unknown NHMUK Holotype, NHMUK. South Africa South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Port Natal [Durban], leg. Gueinzius.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Orna contraria (Walker, 1854) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Walker F. 1854a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I.– Lepidoptera Heterocera. page 113
Orna contraria (Walker, 1854) South Africa Eastern Cape page TMSA
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Orna contraria (Walker, 1854) Clausena anisata Rutaceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 74 (as subdiaphana; C. inaeq.)
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Orna pectinicornis (Schaufuss, 1870) (Schaufuss, 1870) species Synonym Zygaena pectinicornis
Orna postrosea (Hampson, 1920) (Hampson, 1920) species Synonym Neurosymploca postrosea
Orna subdiaphana (Felder, 1874) (Felder, 1874) species Synonym Zygaena subdiaphana
Orna subdiaphna Swain & Prinsloo, 1986 Swain & Prinsloo, 1986 species Misapplied Orna subdiaphna
Orna zygaenoides (Felder, 1874) (Felder, 1874) species Synonym Euctenia zygaenoides