Leucoma nigripes (Holland, 1893)
FAMILY | Erebidae |
SUBFAMILY | Lymantriinae |
GENUS | Leucoma |
SPECIES | nigripes |
AUTHOR | (Holland, 1893) |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | C.[aviria] nigripes sp. nov. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [Gabon], Ogooué. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, CMNH. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Holland W. J. 1893b. New African Nyctemeridae and Liparidae. - Entomological News 4:59-64, pl. 3. |
PAGINATION |
62
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Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Cameroon | Collenette C. L. 1958. Ruwenzori Expedition 1952. - Lymantriidae. - Ruwenzori Expedition 1952 1(5):69-74, pl. 1. | 70 | |
Gabon | Holland W. J. 1893b. New African Nyctemeridae and Liparidae. - Entomological News 4:59-64, pl. 3. | 62 | |
Uganda | Collenette C. L. 1939a. Ruwenzori Expedition 1934-5. - Heterocera: Lymantriidae. - Ruwenzori Expedition 1934-5 3(4):99-105, pl. 9. | 99 |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Rubiaceae | Keetia hispida | East Africa | Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 - moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 34(309):175-184. | 179 (as Canthium hispidum) |