Bombycomorpha pallida
Distant, 1897
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FAMILY Lasiocampidae
SUBFAMILY
Lasiocampinae
GENUS Bombycomorpha
SPECIES
pallida
AUTHOR Distant, 1897 ORIGINAL COMBINATION Bombycomorpha pallida, sp. n. TYPE LOCALITY [South Africa, Gauteng], Transvaal, Pretoria, leg. W. L. Distant.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES
Latitude: -25°44'44"
Longitude: 28°11'18"
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TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Not stated.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION
Distant W. L. 1897d. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 20:197–211.
PAGINATION
207–208
Species Distribution
COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Mozambique
Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i–iv, 1–273, pls 1–63.
119
South Africa Gauteng
Distant W. L. 1897d. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 20:197–211.
206
Zimbabwe
Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i–iv, 1–273, pls 1–63.
119
Host Plants
FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATION PAGE
Anacardiaceae Schinus molle South Africa
Joannou J. G. & Gurkovich A. V. 2009. A review of the genus Bombycomorpha C. Felder & R. Felder, 1874 with descriptions of a new species and a new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). - Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 63:103–117, pl. 21.
105
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The record of Piper niger (Aurivillius (1930) refers to Schinus molle (see Joannou & Gurkovich 2009: 105).
