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Euproctis chrysophaea (Walker, 1865)

Permalink:	EUPRCHRY
Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/ Lymantriinae (subfamily)/ Nygmiini (tribe)/ Euproctis (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Walker, 1865)
Citation:	Orgyia chrysophaea
Original genus:	Orgyia
Publication:	Walker F. 1865b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXII.– Supplement Part 2.
Journal:	—
Volume:	32
Issue:
Pagination:	324
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38916887

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Euproctis boulifa (1)

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Euproctis chrysophaea (Walker, 1865)	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.	Ethiopia	Ethiopia, Abyssinia.

Distribution note:

Palaearctic: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Euproctis chrysophaea (Walker, 1865)	Ethiopia		Walker F. 1865b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXII.– Supplement Part 2. page 324
Euproctis chrysophaea (Walker, 1865)	Kenya		Le Cerf F. 1922c. Voyage de Mr. le Baron Maurice de Rothschild en Ethiopie et en Afrique orientale anglaise (1904–1905). Lépidoptères. Hétérocères. page 437
Euproctis chrysophaea (Walker, 1865)	Mauritania		de Freina J. J. & Witt T. J. 1987. Die Bombyces und Sphinges der Westpaläarktis. Teil 1. Nolidae, Arctiidae, Synthomidae, Dilobidae, Lymantriidae, Notodontidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Thyretidae, Sphingidae, Axiidae, Drepanidae, Thyatiridae, Bombycidae, Brahmaeidae, Endromidae, Lasiocampidae ... page 232
Euproctis chrysophaea (Walker, 1865)	Sudan		de Freina J. J. & Witt T. J. 1987. Die Bombyces und Sphinges der Westpaläarktis. Teil 1. Nolidae, Arctiidae, Synthomidae, Dilobidae, Lymantriidae, Notodontidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Thyretidae, Sphingidae, Axiidae, Drepanidae, Thyatiridae, Bombycidae, Brahmaeidae, Endromidae, Lasiocampidae ... page 232
Euproctis chrysophaea (Walker, 1865)	Yemen		Hacker H. H., Aulombard F., Bischof A., Bittermann J., Fibiger M. & Schreier H.-P. 2001. Lepidoptera of Yemen Arab Republic, collected during three expeditions in 1996, 1998 and 2000. page 607

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Euproctis chrysophaea (Walker, 1865)	Citrullus colocynthis	Cucurbitaceae		de Freina J. J. & Witt T. J. 1987. Die Bombyces und Sphinges der Westpaläarktis. Teil 1. Nolidae, Arctiidae, Synthomidae, Dilobidae, Lymantriidae, Notodontidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Thyretidae, Sphingidae, Axiidae, Drepanidae, Thyatiridae, Bombycidae, Brahmaeidae, Endromidae, Lasiocampidae ... page 232
Euproctis chrysophaea (Walker, 1865)	Gossypium sp.	Malvaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 180
Euproctis chrysophaea (Walker, 1865)	Pelargonium hederifolium	Geraniaceae		de Freina J. J. & Witt T. J. 1987. Die Bombyces und Sphinges der Westpaläarktis. Teil 1. Nolidae, Arctiidae, Synthomidae, Dilobidae, Lymantriidae, Notodontidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Thyretidae, Sphingidae, Axiidae, Drepanidae, Thyatiridae, Bombycidae, Brahmaeidae, Endromidae, Lasiocampidae ... page 232
Euproctis chrysophaea (Walker, 1865)	Vicia faba	Fabaceae		de Freina J. J. & Witt T. J. 1987. Die Bombyces und Sphinges der Westpaläarktis. Teil 1. Nolidae, Arctiidae, Synthomidae, Dilobidae, Lymantriidae, Notodontidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Thyretidae, Sphingidae, Axiidae, Drepanidae, Thyatiridae, Bombycidae, Brahmaeidae, Endromidae, Lasiocampidae ... page 232

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
Euproctis boulifa Dumont, 1922	Dumont, 1922	species	Synonym	Euproctis boulifa
Euproctis charmetanti (Vuillot, 1890)	(Vuillot, 1890)	species	Synonym	Artaxa charmetanti
Euproctis durandi (Lucas D., 1926)	(Lucas D., 1926)	species	Synonym	Orgyia durandi