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Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Arctiini (tribe)/  Euchromiina (subtribe)/  Euchromia (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
Citation:Gl.[aucopis] Folletii
Original genus:Glaucopis
Publication:Guérin-Méneville F. E. 1829–1844. Iconographie du Règne animal de G. Cuvier, ou représentation d'après nature de l'une des espèces les plus remarquables et souvent non encore figurées, de chaque genre d'animaux. Insectes.
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Pagination:501; pl. 84bis, fig. 10
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27814811
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) Syntype NHMUK Syntypes ♂, ♀, NHMUK. Madagascar Madagascar.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) Comoros Mayotte (Maore) Hampson G. F. 1908a. On the moths collected during the cruise of the "Valhalla" during the winter 1905–06 by Mr. E. G. B. Meade-Waldo. page 475 (as formosa)
Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) Ethiopia Guérin-Méneville F. E. 1849. Insectes. – In: Lefèbvre, T. Voyage en Abyssinie executé pendant les années 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843 par une commission scientifique composée de MM Théophile Lefebvre, A. Petit, Quartin- Dillon et Vignaud. 4. Histoire naturelle: zoologie. + Atlas. page 386 (as formosa)
Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) Ghana page NHMO
Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) Kenya Hampson G. F. 1898a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. Syntomidae. page 295
Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) Madagascar Guérin-Méneville F. E. 1829–1844. Iconographie du Règne animal de G. Cuvier, ou représentation d'après nature de l'une des espèces les plus remarquables et souvent non encore figurées, de chaque genre d'animaux. Insectes. page 501
Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) Madagascar Sainte Marie page BMNH
Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) Mozambique Monteiro R. 1891. Delagoa Bay: its natives and natural history. page 207 (as lethe)
Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) Senegal Guérin-Méneville F. E. 1849. Insectes. – In: Lefèbvre, T. Voyage en Abyssinie executé pendant les années 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843 par une commission scientifique composée de MM Théophile Lefebvre, A. Petit, Quartin- Dillon et Vignaud. 4. Histoire naturelle: zoologie. + Atlas. page 386 (as formosa)
Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) Seychelles Mahé Joannis J. de 1894. Mission scientifique de Ch. Alluaud des îles Seychelles. page 430
Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) Sierra Leone Zerny H. 1912b. Syntomidae. – In: Wagner, H. (Ed.): Lepidopterorum Catalogus. page 86
Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Boisduval J. B. A. 1847. Catalogue des Lépidoptères recueillis par M. Delegorgue pendant les années 1838–1844 à Port Natal, au pays des Amazoulous et dans la contrée de Massilicatzi. – In: Delegorgue A. (ed.), Voyage dans l'Afrique australe 1838–1844. page 597 (as formosa)
Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) South Africa Western Cape Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 161 (as formosa)
Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) Tanzania Zerny H. 1912b. Syntomidae. – In: Wagner, H. (Ed.): Lepidopterorum Catalogus. page 86
Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) Zimbabwe Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 161 (as formosa)
Plant note:

Bred in captivity on Taraxacum officinale and Brassica rapa (see G. Verjans 2022: 64).

Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) Ipomoea sp. Convolvulaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 176 (as formosa)
Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) Ipomoea sp. Convolvulaceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 83 (as formosa)
Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) Stictocardia sp. Convolvulaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 176 (as formosa)
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Euchromia folfetii (Gray, 1832) (Gray, 1832) species Misapplied Glaucopis folfetii
Euchromia formosa (Boisduval, 1833) (Boisduval, 1833) species Synonym Glaucopis formosa
Euchromia lethe Monteiro, 1891 Monteiro, 1891 species Misapplied Euchromia lethe
Euchromia wasinica Strand, 1917 Strand, 1917 species Misapplied Euchromia wasinica