Usta wallengrenii
(Felder C. & Felder R., 1859)
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FAMILY Saturniidae
SUBFAMILY
Saturniinae
GENUS Usta
SPECIES
wallengrenii
AUTHOR (Felder C. & Felder R., 1859) ORIGINAL COMBINATION Saturnia Wallengrenii Nob. TYPE LOCALITY [Namibia], Caffernland, along Kuiseb River, 1854, leg. J. A. Wahlberg.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES
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TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♀, BMNH.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION
Felder C. & Felder R. 1859. Entomologische Fragmente. - Wiener entomologische Monatschrift 3(6):178-186, 263-273, 321-328, 390-405, pls 1-8.
PAGINATION
323; pl. 6, fig. 2
Species pictures
Synonyms
NAME AUTHOR STATUS
biplaga Rebel, 1912
Synonym of species
Species Distribution
COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Angola
Oberprieler R. G. 1995. The emperor moths of Namibia. - — :i-ix, 1-91.
48
Ethiopia
Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. - — :i-xi, 1-150, pls 1-43.
57
Kenya
Butler A. G. 1898. On a collection of Lepidoptera made in British East Africa by Mr. C. S. Betton. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 57:395-444, pls. 32-33.
429
Namibia
Felder C. & Felder R. 1859. Entomologische Fragmente. - Wiener entomologische Monatschrift 3(6):178-186, 263-273, 321-328, 390-405, pls 1-8.
323
South Africa Western Cape
Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63.
112
Host Plants
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See R. G. Oberprieler (1988b, 1995).
