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Gonometa postica Walker, 1855

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Higher taxa: Lasiocampidae (family)/  Lasiocampinae (subfamily)/  Selenepherini (tribe)/  Gonometa (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Walker, 1855
Citation:Gonometa postica
Original genus:Gonometa
Publication:Walker F. 1855b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IV.– Lepidoptera Heterocera.
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Volume:4
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Pagination:971–972
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38952719
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Gonometa postica (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Gonometa postica Walker, 1855 Syntype ♂ OUMNH Syntypes 4♀ [not ♂ as stated in the original description], type no LEP 2688-1–4, OUMNH. South Africa South Africa, [KwaZulu-Natal], Zoolu Country, Port Natal [Durban], leg. G. F. Angas, Argent, Gueinzius.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Gonometa postica Walker, 1855 Botswana Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 126
Gonometa postica Walker, 1855 Kenya Strand E. 1909g. Über einige Schmetterlinge aus Kibwezi in British Ost-Afrika, nebst Bemerkungen über afrikanische Beralade-Arten. page 369
Gonometa postica Walker, 1855 Mozambique Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 126
Gonometa postica Walker, 1855 Namibia Aurivillius C. 1879. Lepidoptera Damarensia. Förteckning på fjärilar insamlade i Damaralandet af G. de Vylder åren 1873 och 1874 jemte beskrifning öfver förut okända arter. page 51
Gonometa postica Walker, 1855 South Africa Gauteng Distant W. L. 1897d. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. page 207
Gonometa postica Walker, 1855 South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Walker F. 1855b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IV.– Lepidoptera Heterocera. page 972
Gonometa postica Walker, 1855 South Africa Northern Cape page T. Baron
Gonometa postica Walker, 1855 South Africa Eastern Cape Taylor J. S. 1949. Notes on Lepidoptera in the Eastern Cape Province (Part 1). page 95
Gonometa postica Walker, 1855 Tanzania Strand E. 1913e. Über einige Lasiocampiden aus Deutsch Ost-Afrika. page 55
Gonometa postica Walker, 1855 Zimbabwe Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 126
Plant note:

Description of the larva in A. L. H. Townsend (1944: 19–20).

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
Gonometa postica Walker, 1855 Acacia caffra Fabaceae Madagascar Wailly A. 1896. Silk-producing Lepidoptera – African species. page 353
Gonometa postica Walker, 1855 Acacia mearnsii Fabaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 95
Gonometa postica Walker, 1855 Acacia mearnsii Fabaceae Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1944. Further notes on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. Series IV. page 19 (as black wattle)
Gonometa postica Walker, 1855 Acacia mollissima Fabaceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 67
Gonometa postica Walker, 1855 Acacia sp. Fabaceae Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1944. Further notes on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. Series IV. page 19
Gonometa postica Walker, 1855 Brachystegia globifera Caesalpiniaceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 70
Gonometa postica Walker, 1855 Brachystegia randii Caesalpiniaceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 71
Gonometa postica Walker, 1855 Colophospermum mopane Caesalpiniaceae South Africa Van den Berg M. A. 1971b. Studies on the egg parasites of the mopani emperor moth Nudaurelia belina (West.) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). page 35
Gonometa postica Walker, 1855 Elephantorrhiza burchelli Mimosaceae South Africa Fawcett J. M. 1901. Notes on the transformations of some South-African Lepidoptera. page 314
Gonometa postica Walker, 1855 Vachellia karroo Fabaceae South Africa Taylor J. S. 1949. Notes on Lepidoptera in the Eastern Cape Province (Part 1). page 95
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
Gonometa postica Walker, 1855 Mesocomys pulchriceps Eupelmidae South Africa Van den Berg M. A. 1971b. Studies on the egg parasites of the mopani emperor moth Nudaurelia belina (West.) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). page 33
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
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