Gastroplakaeis forficulatus Möschler, 1887
| FAMILY | Lasiocampidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Lasiocampinae |
| GENUS | Gastroplakaeis |
| SPECIES | forficulatus |
| AUTHOR | Möschler, 1887 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | [Gastroplakaeis] Forficulatus n. sp. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [Ghana], Goldküste, Accra, iv–vi, leg. Weigle. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, ZMHB. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Möschler H. B. 1887. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-Fauna der Goldküste. - Abhandlungen der Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft 15(1):49–100, pl. 1. |
| PAGINATION |
79–80; pl. 1, fig. 17
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Synonyms
| NAME | AUTHOR | STATUS |
| toroensis | Bethune-Baker, 1927 | Synonym of species |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Gabon | Holland W. J. 1893a. Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera. - Psyche 6:373–376, 393–400, 411–418, 431–434, 451–454, 469–476 (…) 549–552, 565–568; pls. 10, 17, 18, 20, 21. | 518 | |
| Ghana | Möschler H. B. 1887. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-Fauna der Goldküste. - Abhandlungen der Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft 15(1):49–100, pl. 1. | 80 | |
| Kenya | Prozorov A. M. & Zolotuhin V. V. 2013. Notes on synonymy of African Lasiocampidae (Lepidoptera). - Zoologicheskyi Zhurnal 92(2):194–205. | 198 | |
| Uganda | Bethune-Baker G. T. 1927. Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9) 20:321–334. | 331 (as toroensis) |
Host Plants
Unknown
