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Ecpatia dulcistriga (Walker, 1858)

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Aediinae (subfamily)/  Ecpatia (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Walker, 1858)
Citation:Anophia dulcistriga
Original genus:Anophia
Publication:Walker F. 1858d. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XV.– Noctuidae.
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Volume:15
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Pagination:1811–1812
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39337824
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Ecpatia dulcistriga (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Ecpatia dulcistriga (Walker, 1858) Holotype ♂ NHMUK Holotype ♀, [not ♂ as stated in the original description], NHMUK. South Africa South Africa, Caffraria.
Distribution note:

According to H. Hacker et al. (2022: 363) restricted to southern Africa (Eswatini, South Africa, and Zimbabwe).

Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Ecpatia dulcistriga (Walker, 1858) Cameroon Aurivillius C. 1925b. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der zweiten Deutschen Zentralafrika-Expedition 1910–1911 unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzog zu Mecklenburg. Band 1 Zoologie, Lieferung 18, Lepidoptera IV. page 1323
Ecpatia dulcistriga (Walker, 1858) Comoros Mayotte (Maore) Parnaudeau R. 2009. Lépidoptères hétérocères nouveaux ou peu connus de l'île de Mayotte. page 268
Ecpatia dulcistriga (Walker, 1858) Eswatini Hacker H. H., Fiebig R., Goater B., Schreier H.-P. & Stadie D. 2022. Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera of Africa. Volume 3 Acontiinae (Noctuidae) (including Aediini Beck, 1960) based on traditional treatment). page 363
Ecpatia dulcistriga (Walker, 1858) Kenya 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 305
Ecpatia dulcistriga (Walker, 1858) Malawi Butler A. G. 1892g. Description of a new moth of the genus Anaphe from Madagascar, with a note on the natural position of the genus. page 679
Ecpatia dulcistriga (Walker, 1858) Mozambique Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 223
Ecpatia dulcistriga (Walker, 1858) Namibia page TMSA (as discophora)
Ecpatia dulcistriga (Walker, 1858) Nigeria Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 357
Ecpatia dulcistriga (Walker, 1858) South Africa Mpumalanga Hampson G. F. 1926a. Descriptions of new genera and species of Lepidoptera Phalaenae of the subfamily Noctuinae (Noctuidae) in the British Museum (Natural History). page 53 (as discophora)
Ecpatia dulcistriga (Walker, 1858) South Africa Western Cape Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 223
Ecpatia dulcistriga (Walker, 1858) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 223
Ecpatia dulcistriga (Walker, 1858) South Africa Walker F. 1858d. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XV.– Noctuidae. page 1812
Ecpatia dulcistriga (Walker, 1858) South Africa Limpopo page TMSA (as discophora)
Ecpatia dulcistriga (Walker, 1858) Zimbabwe Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 223
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Ecpatia dulcistriga (Walker, 1858) Antidesma venosum Euphorbiaceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 69
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Ecpatia discophora (Hampson, 1926) (Hampson, 1926) species Synonym Catephia discophora