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Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Lymantriinae (subfamily)/  Lymantriini (tribe)/  Polymona (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Walker, 1855
Citation:Polymona rufifemur
Original genus:Polymona
Publication:Walker F. 1855a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part III.– Lepidoptera Heterocera.
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Volume:3
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Pagination:768–769
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39418792
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Polymona rufifemur (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 Holotype ♂ NHMUK Holotype ♂, NHMUK. South Africa South Africa, Inferior.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 Botswana Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 179
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 Côte d'Ivoire Vuattoux R. 1991. Première donnée sur trois familles de Lépidoptères de la région de Lamto (Côte d'Ivoire). page 248
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 Djibouti Dall'Asta U. 1977. Lymantriidae. – In: Rougeot P. C., Missions entomologiques en Ethiopie 1973–1975. Fascicule 1. page 41
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 Eritrea Berio E. 1939a. Contributi alla conoscenza dei lepidotteri eteroceri dell'Eritrea I. Lista delle specie con descrizioni delle nuove entità raccolte negli anni 1934 al 1937 dal sig. Francesco Vaccaro. page 59 (as misrachii)
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 Ethiopia Collenette C. L. 1938a. New species of Lymantriidae (Lepidoptera, Heterocera) from the Haut Katanga and other localities. page 153 (as ellisoni)
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 Gambia Druce H. 1887a. Lepidoptera Heterocera. – In: Moloney A. C., Sketch of the forestry of West Africa with particular reference to its present principal commercial products. page 496
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 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 435
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 Lesotho Kopij G. 2006. Lepidoptera fauna of Lesotho. page 161
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 Malawi Swinhoe C. 1903a. A revision of the Old World Lymantriidae in the national collection. page 496
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 Namibia Dall'Asta U. 2004. Lymantriidae and Notodontidae: Thaumetopoeinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). – In: Mey, Z. (Ed.) The Lepidoptera of the Brandberg Massif in Namibia. page 306
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 Oman Wiltshire E. P. 1980b. The larger moths of Dhofar and their zoogeographic composition. page 195 (as ellisoni)
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 Saudi Arabia Wiltshire E. P. 1980a. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Limacodidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Nolidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae. – In: Wittmer & Büttiker (eds.), Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2. page 201 (as ellisoni)
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 South Africa Gauteng Distant W. L. 1897d. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. page 200
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 South Africa Walker F. 1855a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part III.– Lepidoptera Heterocera. page 769
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 South Africa Mpumalanga Janse A. J. T. 1915a. Contribution towards our knowledge of the South African Lymantriidae. page 47
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Janse A. J. T. 1915a. Contribution towards our knowledge of the South African Lymantriidae. page 47
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 South Africa Eastern Cape Taylor J. S. 1949. Notes on Lepidoptera in the Eastern Cape Province (Part 1). page 84
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 Tanzania Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 179
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 Uganda Sevastopulo D. G. 1957d. Notes on the Heterocera of Kampala and neighbourhood (V). page 280
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 Yemen Hacker H. H. 2016a. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepid.). page 191 (as ellisoni)
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 Zambia Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 179
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 Zimbabwe Swinhoe C. 1903a. A revision of the Old World Lymantriidae in the national collection. page 496
Polymona rufifemur ellisoni Collenette, 1938 Eritrea Berio E. 1939a. Contributi alla conoscenza dei lepidotteri eteroceri dell'Eritrea I. Lista delle specie con descrizioni delle nuove entità raccolte negli anni 1934 al 1937 dal sig. Francesco Vaccaro. page 59 (as misrachii)
Polymona rufifemur ellisoni Collenette, 1938 Ethiopia Collenette C. L. 1938a. New species of Lymantriidae (Lepidoptera, Heterocera) from the Haut Katanga and other localities. page 153
Polymona rufifemur ellisoni Collenette, 1938 Oman Wiltshire E. P. 1980b. The larger moths of Dhofar and their zoogeographic composition. page 195
Polymona rufifemur ellisoni Collenette, 1938 Saudi Arabia Wiltshire E. P. 1980a. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Limacodidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Nolidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae. – In: Wittmer & Büttiker (eds.), Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2. page 201
Polymona rufifemur ellisoni Collenette, 1938 Yemen Hacker H. H. 2016a. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepid.). page 191
Polymona rufifemur rufifemur Walker, 1855 Gambia page R. Goff
Polymona rufifemur rufifemur Walker, 1855 South Africa Walker F. 1854a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I.– Lepidoptera Heterocera. page 769
Plant note:

Description of the larva in A. L. H. Townsend (1937: 118).

Townsend A. L. H. 1937. Miscellaneous notes on the early stages of certain Heterocera.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 Acacia sp. Fabaceae Kenya Austara O. & Jones T. 1971. Host list and distribution of lepidopterous defoliators of exotic softwoods in East Africa. page 403
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 Cassipourea malosana Rhizophoraceae Kenya Austara O. & Jones T. 1971. Host list and distribution of lepidopterous defoliators of exotic softwoods in East Africa. page 403
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 Dombeya sp. Malvaceae Kenya Austara O. & Jones T. 1971. Host list and distribution of lepidopterous defoliators of exotic softwoods in East Africa. page 403
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 Lannea nigritana Anacardiaceae Côte d'Ivoire Vuattoux R. 1991. Première donnée sur trois familles de Lépidoptères de la région de Lamto (Côte d'Ivoire). page 248 (as afzelii)
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 Ozoroa mucronata Anacardiaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 182
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 Phaseolus sp. Fabaceae Kenya Austara O. & Jones T. 1971. Host list and distribution of lepidopterous defoliators of exotic softwoods in East Africa. page 403
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 Pinus radiata Pinaceae Kenya Austara O. & Jones T. 1971. Host list and distribution of lepidopterous defoliators of exotic softwoods in East Africa. page 403
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 Schinus molle Anacardiaceae Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1937. Miscellaneous notes on the early stages of certain Heterocera. page 118
Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 Schinus molle Anacardiaceae South Africa Taylor J. S. & Cresswell E. E. 1940. Notes on some South African Lepidoptera. page 180
Polymona rufifemur rufifemur Walker, 1855 Schinus molle Anacardiaceae South Africa Taylor J. S. 1942. Notes on some South African Lepidoptera. page 84
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Polymona rufifemur ellisoni Collenette, 1938 Collenette, 1938 subspecies Accepted Polymona rufifemur ellisoni
Polymona rufifemur lorimeri (Butler, 1878) (Butler, 1878) subspecies Synonym Morasa rufifemur lorimeri
Polymona rufifemur misrachii (Berio, 1939) (Berio, 1939) subspecies Synonym Aclonophlebia rufifemur misrachii
Polymona rufifemur rufifemur Walker, 1855 Walker, 1855 subspecies Accepted Polymona rufifemur rufifemur
Polymona rufifemur scurrilis (Wallengren, 1860) (Wallengren, 1860) subspecies Synonym Psilura rufifemur scurrilis
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination