Borocera madagascariensis Boisduval, 1833
| FAMILY | Lasiocampidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Lasiocampinae |
| GENUS | Borocera |
| SPECIES | madagascariensis |
| AUTHOR | Boisduval, 1833 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | B.[orocera] Madagascariensis. Boisd. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | Madagascar E, near Tamatave, leg. J. Goudot. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Lectotype ♀, designated by Y. de Lajonquière (1972: 187), MNHN. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Boisduval J. B. A. 1833a. Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptères. Avec des notes sur les moeurs, par M. Sganzin. - — :1–122, pls 1–16. |
| PAGINATION | 88; pl. 12, figs 5, 6 |
Species pictures
Synonyms
| NAME | AUTHOR | STATUS |
| bibindandy | Camboué, 1886 | Synonym of species |
| cervicolora | (Saalmüller, 1878) | Synonym of species |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Madagascar | Boisduval J. B. A. 1833a. Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptères. Avec des notes sur les moeurs, par M. Sganzin. - — :1–122, pls 1–16. | 88 | |
| Madagascar | Nosy Bé | Saalmüller M. 1878. Mittheilungen über Madagaskar, seine Lepidopteren-fauna. - Bericht über die Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Frankfurt a.M. 1877–1878:71–96. | 94 (as cervicolora) |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Undefined | Undefined Polyphagous | Madagascar | Wailly A. 1896. Silk-producing Lepidoptera – African species. - The Entomologist 29(403):352–356. | 353 |
| Fabaceae | Cajanus cajan | Madagascar | Wailly A. 1896. Silk-producing Lepidoptera – African species. - The Entomologist 29(403):352–356. | 353 |
| Lecythidaceae | Barringtonia asiatica | Madagascar | Wailly A. 1896. Silk-producing Lepidoptera – African species. - The Entomologist 29(403):352–356. | 353 |
