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Dasychira compsa Collenette, 1933

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Lymantriinae (subfamily)/  Lymantriini (tribe)/  Dasychira (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Collenette, 1933
Citation:Dasychira compsa sp. nov.
Original genus:Dasychira
Publication:Collenette C. L. & Carpenter G. D. H. 1933. New species, and descriptions of larvae, of Lymantriidae from Uganda.
Journal:Entomologist's Monthly Magazine
Volume:69
Issue:834
Pagination:262–263
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Dasychira compsa Collenette, 1933 Holotype ♂ OUMNH Holotype ♂, OUMNH Uganda Uganda, NW Lake Victoria, Sesse Islands, Bugalla Isle, Lutoboka, bred 21.ix.1912, leg. H. G. D. Carpenter.
Dasychira compsa Collenette, 1933 Allotype ♀ OUMNH Allotype ♀, OUMNH Uganda Uganda, NW Lake Victoria, Sesse Islands, Bugalla Isle, Lutoboka, bred 21.ix.1912, leg. H. G. D. Carpenter.
Dasychira compsa Collenette, 1933 Paratype ♂ NHMUK Paratypes 2♂, 5♀, OUMNH, NHMUK. Uganda Uganda, NW Lake Victoria, Sesse Islands, Bugalla Isle, Lutoboka, bred 21.ix.1912, leg. H. G. D. Carpenter.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Dasychira compsa Collenette, 1933 Uganda Collenette C. L. & Carpenter G. D. H. 1933. New species, and descriptions of larvae, of Lymantriidae from Uganda. page 262
Plant note:

Feeds on the flowers. Description of the larva in C. L. Collenette & H. G. D. Carpenter (1933: 263).

Collenette C. L. & Carpenter G. D. H. 1933. New species, and descriptions of larvae, of Lymantriidae from Uganda.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Dasychira compsa Collenette, 1933 Bridelia micrantha Euphorbiaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 182
Dasychira compsa Collenette, 1933 Bridelia micrantha Euphorbiaceae Uganda Collenette C. L. & Carpenter G. D. H. 1933. New species, and descriptions of larvae, of Lymantriidae from Uganda. page 263
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination