Dasychira caeca (Plötz, 1880)

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Permalink:	DASYCAEC
Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Lymantriinae (subfamily)/  Lymantriini (tribe)/  Dasychira (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Plötz, 1880)
Citation:	Orgyia ? Caeca nov. sp.
Original genus:	Orgyia
Publication:	Plötz C. 1880a. Verzeichniss der vom Prof. Dr. R. Buchholz in West-Afrika gesammelten Schmetterlinge.
Journal:	Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung
Volume:	41
Issue:	1–3
Pagination:	84
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8989458

Dasychira caeca (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Dasychira caeca (Plötz, 1880)	Holotype	♂	MfN	Holotype ♂, MfN.	Gabon	[Gabon], W Africa, Ogova, 27.vi.1875, leg. R. Buchholz.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Dasychira caeca (Plötz, 1880)	Cameroon		Plötz C. 1880a. Verzeichniss der vom Prof. Dr. R. Buchholz in West-Afrika gesammelten Schmetterlinge. page 84
Dasychira caeca (Plötz, 1880)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	East Kasai	Collenette C. L. 1960c. New and little-known Lymantriidae from the Belgian Congo (Lepidoptera Heterocera). page 33
Dasychira caeca (Plötz, 1880)	Equatorial Guinea	Bioko	Aurivillius C. 1910a. Tres Lepidopteros novos da Africa Portuguesa. page 523
Dasychira caeca (Plötz, 1880)	Gabon		Hering E. M. 1926–1927. Pterothysanidae, Lymantriidae, Brahmaeidae. – In: Seitz, A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Die Afrikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer. page 165

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Dasychira caeca (1)

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