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Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794)

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Higher taxa: Crambidae (family)/  Spilomelinae (subfamily)/  Margaroniini (tribe)/  Hodebertia (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Fabricius, 1794)
Citation:P.[halaena] testalis
Original genus:Phalaena
Publication:Fabricius J. C. 1794. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adjectis synonymis, Locis, observationibus, descriptionibus.
Journal:
Volume:3
Issue:2
Pagination:227
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55388410
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Holotype unknown ZMUC Holotype, ZMUC. India [India], "Habitat in India orientali Mus. Dom. Lund".
Distribution note:

Australasian: Australia (Queensland); Neotropical: Costa Rica, Cuba; Oriental: India, Malaysia, Myanmar; Palaearctic: N Africa, S Europe, Syria.

Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Botswana Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 76 (as incoloralis)
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Comoros Mayotte (Maore) Pagenstecher A. 1907. In: Voeltzkow, A. Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903–05. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse 2. Systematische Arbeiten, Bd 2,Hft 2 (Lepidoptera Heterocera von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika: Uraniidae, Geometridae, Noctuidae, Pyralidae, Thyrididae, ... page 138 (as incoloralis)
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). page 190 (as incoloralis)
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the North Kivu Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). page 190 (as incoloralis)
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Orientale Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). page 190 (as incoloralis)
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Eswatini page K. Braun
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Ethiopia page NHMO
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Gambia page R. Goff
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Kenya Hampson G. F. 1916a. On moths from Somaliland. – In: Poulton E. B., On a collection of moths made in Somaliland by Mr. W. Feather. page 176 (as incoloralis)
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Madagascar Pagenstecher A. 1907. In: Voeltzkow, A. Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903–05. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse 2. Systematische Arbeiten, Bd 2,Hft 2 (Lepidoptera Heterocera von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika: Uraniidae, Geometridae, Noctuidae, Pyralidae, Thyrididae, ... page 138 (as incoloralis)
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Malawi Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 76 (as incoloralis)
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Mali Poltavsky A. N., Kravchenko V. D., Traore M. M., Traore S. F., Gergely P., Witt T. J., Sulak H., Beck R. H.-T., Junnila A., Revay E. E., Doumbia S., Beier J. C. & Müller G. C. 2018b. The Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) fauna of the woody savannah belt in Mali, West Africa. page 52
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Mozambique Joannis J. de 1927. Pyralidae d'Afrique australe, principalement du district de Lourenço-Marques. page 255 (as incoloralis)
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Réunion Guillermet C. & Guillermet C. W. W. 1986. Contribution à l'étude des Papillons Hétérocères de l'Ile de la Réunion. Résultats des chasses de nuit à l'usage des amateurs et des débutants. page 55 (as incoloralis)
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Saint Helena Wollaston T. V. 1879. Notes on the Lepidoptera of St. Helena, with descriptions of new species. page 338 (as ruficostalis)
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Saudi Arabia Walsingham Thomas de Grey & Hampson G. F. 1896. On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland. page 275 (as incoloralis)
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Seychelles Assomption Legrand H. 1966. Lépidoptères des îles Seychelles et d'Aldabra. page 106 (as incoloralis)
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Seychelles Silhouette Gerlach J. & Matyot P. 2006. Lepidoptera of the Seychelles islands. page 44 (as incoloralis)
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Seychelles Mahé Legrand H. 1966. Lépidoptères des îles Seychelles et d'Aldabra. page 106 (as incoloralis)
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Seychelles Aldabra Fryer J. C. F. 1912. The Lepidoptera of Seychelles and Aldabra, exclusive of the Orneodidae and Pterophoridae and of the Tortricina and Tineina. page 28 (as incoloralis)
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Seychelles Sainte-Anne Gerlach J. & Matyot P. 2006. Lepidoptera of the Seychelles islands. page 44 (as incoloralis)
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Somalia Walsingham Thomas de Grey & Hampson G. F. 1896. On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland. page 275 (as incoloralis)
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) South Africa Gauteng Hampson G. F. 1898c. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. page 463 (as incoloralis)
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) South Africa Western Cape Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 76 (as incoloralis)
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 76 (as incoloralis)
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) South Africa Free State Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 76 (as incoloralis)
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Tanzania Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 76 (as incoloralis)
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Yemen Socotra Rebel H. 1907a. Lepidopteren aus Südarabien und von der Insel Sokotra. page 113
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Yemen Butler A. G. 1885d. On a collection of Lepidoptera made by Major J. W. Yerbury at or near Aden. page 501 (as nitetisalis)
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Zambia Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). page 190 (as incoloralis)
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Asclepias curassavica Apocynaceae Réunion Guillermet C. 2009a. Les Hétérocères, ou papillons de nuit, de l'île de La Réunion. Volume 3. Familles des Pyralidae et Crambidae. page 394
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Asclepias sp. Apocynaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 50
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Asclepias sp. Apocynaceae Réunion Martiré D. & Rochat J. 2008. Les papillons de La Réunion et leurs chenilles. page 264
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Asclepias sp. Apocynaceae Wollaston T. V. 1879. Notes on the Lepidoptera of St. Helena, with descriptions of new species. page 338
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Calotropis sp. Apocynaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 50
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Gomphocarpus sp. Apocynaceae Réunion Martiré D. & Rochat J. 2008. Les papillons de La Réunion et leurs chenilles. page 264
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Hibiscus sp. Malvaceae Réunion Martiré D. & Rochat J. 2008. Les papillons de La Réunion et leurs chenilles. page 264
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Pergularia daemia Asclepiadaceae Poltavsky A. N., Kravchenko V. D., Traore M. M., Traore S. F., Gergely P., Witt T. J., Sulak H., Beck R. H.-T., Junnila A., Revay E. E., Doumbia S., Beier J. C. & Müller G. C. 2018b. The Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) fauna of the woody savannah belt in Mali, West Africa. page 52
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Pergularia extensa Asclepiadaceae Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). page 190 (as incoloralis)
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Stapelia sp. Asclepiadaceae South Africa Meyrick E. 1934a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 4. page 543
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
Hodebertia albidalis (Walker, 1866) (Walker, 1866) species Synonym Botys albidalis
Hodebertia incoloralis (Guenée, 1854) (Guenée, 1854) species Synonym Botys incoloralis
Hodebertia melonalis (Walker, 1859) (Walker, 1859) species Synonym Botys melonalis
Hodebertia nitetisalis (Walker, 1859) (Walker, 1859) species Synonym Spilodes nitetisalis
Hodebertia perpendiculalis (Duponchel, 1833) (Duponchel, 1833) species Synonym Botys perpendiculalis
Hodebertia perpendicularis (Leraut 1980) (Leraut 1980) species Misapplied Pleuroptya perpendicularis
Hodebertia phyllidalis (Schaus, 1940) (Schaus, 1940) species Synonym Pyrausta phyllidalis
Hodebertia putrescens (Meyrick, 1934) (Meyrick, 1934) species Synonym Margaronia putrescens
Hodebertia ruficostalis (Lederer, 1855) (Lederer, 1855) species Synonym Botys ruficostalis