Alenophalera inconspicua (Kiriakoff, 1962)
FAMILY | Notodontidae |
SUBFAMILY | Notodontinae |
GENUS | Alenophalera |
SPECIES | inconspicua |
AUTHOR | (Kiriakoff, 1962) |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Epidonta inconspicua (Gaede) |
TYPE LOCALITY | Rwanda, Kabira Forest, 12 miles N of Usumbura, N end of Lake Tanganyika, 4000 ft, i.1924. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, BMNH. |
STATUS | Species |
COMMENT | Transferred to Alenophalera by A. Schintlmeister (2013: 21). S. G. Kiriakoff (1962b: 24) made the infrasubspecific name inconspicua Gaede, 1928 nomenclatorally available. |
PUBLICATION | Kiriakoff S. G. 1962b. Les Notodontidae africains (Lepidoptera: Notodontoidea). Phalera et genres voisins. - Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines 66(1-2):1-44. |
PAGINATION | 24, fig. 45 |
Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | Kiriakoff S. G. 1965a. Les Lépidoptères hétérocères africains de la collection Abel Dufrane. Première note: Notodontidae. - Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique 41(8):1-28. | 10 | |
Rwanda | Kiriakoff S. G. 1962b. Les Notodontidae africains (Lepidoptera: Notodontoidea). Phalera et genres voisins. - Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines 66(1-2):1-44. | 24 |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Fabaceae | Teramnus micans | East Africa | Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. | 180 |