Rigema ornata Walker, 1865

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Higher taxa:	Notodontidae (family)/  Phalerinae (subfamily)/  Rigema (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Walker, 1865
Citation:	Rigema ornata
Original genus:	Rigema
Publication:	Walker F. 1865b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXII.– Supplement Part 2.
Journal:	—
Volume:	32
Issue:
Pagination:	437
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38917000

Rigema ornata (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Rigema ornata Walker, 1865	Syntype	♂	NHMUK	Syntypes 2♂, NHMUK.	South Africa	South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Port Natal [Durban], leg. Gueinzius.

Distribution note:

The record of Madagascar (Butler 1880b: 389) is erroneous and probably refers to Rigema haasi (see D. Lees & J. Minet 2022: 1165).

Lees D. C. & Minet J. 2022. Lepidoptera, butterflies and moths: systematics and diversity. – In: Goodman S. M. (Ed.), The new natural history of Madagascar.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Rigema ornata Walker, 1865	Angola		Strand E. 1912c. Zur Kenntnis der Arten der Notodontiden-Gattung Rigema. page 54 (as quisola)
Rigema ornata Walker, 1865	Burundi		Schintlmeister A. & Witt T. J. 2015. The Notodontidae of South Africa including Swaziland and Lesotho (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). page 94
Rigema ornata Walker, 1865	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the		Strand E. 1913b. Lepidoptera aus dem belgischen Kongo. page 95
Rigema ornata Walker, 1865	Eswatini		Kiriakoff S. G. 1962b. Les Notodontidae africains (Lepidoptera: Notodontoidea). Phalera et genres voisins. page 9
Rigema ornata Walker, 1865	Ethiopia		Kiriakoff S. G. 1962b. Les Notodontidae africains (Lepidoptera: Notodontoidea). Phalera et genres voisins. page 9
Rigema ornata Walker, 1865	Kenya		Le Cerf F. 1922c. Voyage de Mr. le Baron Maurice de Rothschild en Ethiopie et en Afrique orientale anglaise (1904–1905). Lépidoptères. Hétérocères. page 441
Rigema ornata Walker, 1865	Lesotho		Kopij G. 2006. Lepidoptera fauna of Lesotho. page 160
Rigema ornata Walker, 1865	Malawi		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 152
Rigema ornata Walker, 1865	Mozambique		Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. page 465
Rigema ornata Walker, 1865	Sierra Leone		Schaus W. & Clements W. G. 1893. On a collection of Sierra Leone Lepidoptera. page 28
Rigema ornata Walker, 1865	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Walker F. 1865b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXII.– Supplement Part 2. page 437
Rigema ornata Walker, 1865	South Africa	Mpumalanga	Schintlmeister A. & Witt T. J. 2015. The Notodontidae of South Africa including Swaziland and Lesotho (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). page 94
Rigema ornata Walker, 1865	South Africa	Limpopo	Schintlmeister A. & Witt T. J. 2015. The Notodontidae of South Africa including Swaziland and Lesotho (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). page 94
Rigema ornata Walker, 1865	South Africa	Gauteng	Schintlmeister A. & Witt T. J. 2015. The Notodontidae of South Africa including Swaziland and Lesotho (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). page 94
Rigema ornata Walker, 1865	South Africa	North-West	Schintlmeister A. & Witt T. J. 2015. The Notodontidae of South Africa including Swaziland and Lesotho (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). page 94
Rigema ornata Walker, 1865	South Africa	Eastern Cape	Schintlmeister A. & Witt T. J. 2015. The Notodontidae of South Africa including Swaziland and Lesotho (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). page 94
Rigema ornata Walker, 1865	Sudan		Aurivillius C. 1925a. Zoological results of the Swedish Expedition to Central Africa 1921. Insecta. 12. Lepidoptera. 1. page 15
Rigema ornata Walker, 1865	Tanzania		Kiriakoff S. G. 1962b. Les Notodontidae africains (Lepidoptera: Notodontoidea). Phalera et genres voisins. page 9
Rigema ornata Walker, 1865	Zambia		Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. page 465
Rigema ornata Walker, 1865	Zimbabwe		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 152

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Rigema ornata Walker, 1865	Carex sp.	Cyperaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 180
Rigema ornata Walker, 1865	Cyperus esculentus	Cyperaceae	South Africa	Schintlmeister A. & Witt T. J. 2015. The Notodontidae of South Africa including Swaziland and Lesotho (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). page 94
Rigema ornata Walker, 1865	Pennisetum purpureum	Poaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 180
Rigema ornata Walker, 1865	Undefined Grasses	Undefined	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 81
Rigema ornata Walker, 1865	Undefined Grasses	Undefined		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 180

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Rigema ornata (1)

Rigema ornata (2)

Rigema ornata (3)

Rigema ornata (4)

Rigema ornata (5)

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