Bombycopsis conspersa Aurivillius, 1905

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Higher taxa:	Lasiocampidae (family)/  Lasiocampinae (subfamily)/  Lasiocampini (tribe)/  Bombycopsis (genus)/  Bombycopsis (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Aurivillius, 1905
Citation:	Bombycopsis conspersa, n. sp.
Original genus:	Bombycopsis
Publication:	Aurivillius C. 1905a. New African Lasiocampidae in the British Museum.
Journal:	Transactions of the entomological Society of London
Volume:	1905
Issue:	3
Pagination:	322–323; pl. 16, fig. 4
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14788142

Bombycopsis conspersa (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Bombycopsis conspersa Aurivillius, 1905	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.	Kenya	[Kenya], Br. E. Africa, N'gong, leg. R. C. Crawshay.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Bombycopsis conspersa Aurivillius, 1905	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	North Kivu	Kiriakoff S. G. 1963a. Exploration du Parc Albert. Deuxième série. Lepidoptera Heterocera (partim). page 79
Bombycopsis conspersa Aurivillius, 1905	Kenya		Aurivillius C. 1905a. New African Lasiocampidae in the British Museum. page 322
Bombycopsis conspersa Aurivillius, 1905	Rwanda		Joannou J. G. & Krüger M. 2009. Revision of the genus Bombycopsis C. & R. Felder, 1874 (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampoidea: Lasiocampidae: Lasiocampinae: Lasiocampini). page 27
Bombycopsis conspersa Aurivillius, 1905	South Sudan		Joannou J. G. & Krüger M. 2009. Revision of the genus Bombycopsis C. & R. Felder, 1874 (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampoidea: Lasiocampidae: Lasiocampinae: Lasiocampini). page 27
Bombycopsis conspersa Aurivillius, 1905	Tanzania		Aurivillius C. 1910c. Lepidoptera – In: Sjöstedt, Y. (ed.) Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenen Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905–06. Part 9. page 17
Bombycopsis conspersa Aurivillius, 1905	Uganda		Joannou J. G. & Krüger M. 2009. Revision of the genus Bombycopsis C. & R. Felder, 1874 (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampoidea: Lasiocampidae: Lasiocampinae: Lasiocampini). page 27

Plant note:

Description of the larva in A. L. H. Townsend (1944: 18–19).

Townsend A. L. H. 1944. Further notes on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. Series IV.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Bombycopsis conspersa Aurivillius, 1905	Hypoestes verticillaris	Acanthaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 184
Bombycopsis conspersa Aurivillius, 1905	Hypoestes verticillaris	Acanthaceae	Kenya	Townsend A. L. H. 1944. Further notes on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. Series IV. page 18

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Bombycopsis conspersa (1)

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