Pristanepa platti Hampson, 1926
FAMILY | Erebidae |
SUBFAMILY | Calpinae |
GENUS | Pristanepa |
SPECIES | platti |
AUTHOR | Hampson, 1926 |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Pristanepa platti, n. sp. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal], Natal, Durban, e.l. 04.xii.1918, leg. E. E. Platt. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | Latitude: -29°51'31" Longitude: 31°1'18" |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, BMNH; Paratypes 3♀, BMNH. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Hampson G. F. 1926a. Descriptions of new genera and species of Lepidoptera Phalaenae of the subfamily Noctuinae (Noctuidae) in the British Museum (Natural History). - — :1-641. |
PAGINATION |
206-207
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Species pictures






Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Eswatini | TMSA | ||
Mozambique | TMSA | ||
South Africa | Mpumalanga | TMSA | |
South Africa | Limpopo | TMSA | |
South Africa | Free State | TMSA | |
South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | Hampson G. F. 1926a. Descriptions of new genera and species of Lepidoptera Phalaenae of the subfamily Noctuinae (Noctuidae) in the British Museum (Natural History). - — :1-641. | 207 |
South Africa | Eastern Cape | TMSA | |
Zimbabwe | TMSA |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Fabaceae | Dalbergia obovata | South Africa | Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. - South African Journal of Natural History 3(1):65-138. | 77 |