Cropera testacea testacea Walker, 1855

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Lymantriinae (subfamily)/  Cropera (genus)/  Cropera testacea (species)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Walker, 1855
Citation:	Cropera testacea
Original genus:	Cropera
Publication:	Walker F. 1855b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IV.– Lepidoptera Heterocera.
Journal:	—
Volume:	4
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Pagination:	826
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38952536

Cropera testacea testacea (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Cropera testacea testacea Walker, 1855	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.	South Africa	South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Port Natal [Durban].

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Cropera testacea testacea Walker, 1855	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Walker F. 1855b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IV.– Lepidoptera Heterocera. page 826
Cropera testacea testacea Walker, 1855	Tanzania		Strand E. 1909a. Lepidopteren aus Deutsch-Ost-Afrika gesammelt von Herrn Leutnant F. Trefurth. page 108
Cropera testacea testacea Walker, 1855	Tanzania	Mafia Archipelago	Aurivillius C. 1909b. Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera und Heterocera (Pars I) von Madagaskar, den Comoren und den Inseln Ostafrikas. – In: Voeltzkow, A., Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903–1905. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. page 348
Cropera testacea testacea Walker, 1855	Tanzania	Pemba	Aurivillius C. 1909b. Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera und Heterocera (Pars I) von Madagaskar, den Comoren und den Inseln Ostafrikas. – In: Voeltzkow, A., Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903–1905. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. page 348

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Cropera testacea testacea Walker, 1855	Undefined Grasses	Undefined	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 81

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Cropera testacea testacea (1)

Cropera testacea testacea (2)

Cropera testacea testacea (3)

Cropera testacea testacea (4)

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