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Shimbania wichgrafi (Grünberg, 1910)

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Higher taxa: Metarbelidae (family)/  Shimbania (genus)/  Shimbania (subgenus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Grünberg, 1910)
Citation:Hollandella wichgrafi nov. spec.
Original genus:Hollandella
Publication:Grünberg K. 1910e. Eine neue südafrikanische Metarbelide, Hollandia wichgrafi nov. spec. (Lep.).
Journal:Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift
Volume:1910
Issue:
Pagination:289–291
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35571600
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Shimbania wichgrafi (1)
Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Shimbania by I. Lehmann & Th. Dalsgaard (2023: 153).

Lehmann I. & Dalsgaard Th. 2023. Revision of Saalmulleria Mabille, 1891 (Lepidoptera, Metarbelidae) from Madagascar with the description of three new genera and fifteen new species.
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Shimbania wichgrafi (Grünberg, 1910) Holotype ♂ MfN Holotype ♂, genitalia slide I. Lehmann 23/032009♂, MfN. South Africa South Africa, Gauteng, Transvaal, Pretoria or Johannesburg, [no date], leg. F. Wichgraf.
Distribution note:

The records of Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal (M. Gaede 1929: 502) are misidentifications of another Metarbelidae species (I. Lehmann i.l. 2026-02-07).

Gaede M. 1929. Metarbelidae. – In: Seitz, A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Die Afrikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Shimbania wichgrafi (Grünberg, 1910) South Africa Gauteng Grünberg K. 1910e. Eine neue südafrikanische Metarbelide, Hollandia wichgrafi nov. spec. (Lep.). page 289
Shimbania wichgrafi (Grünberg, 1910) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Hampson G. F. 1910b. Descriptions of new African moths. page 118 (as durbanica)
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Shimbania wichgrafi (Grünberg, 1910) Cordia caffra Boraginaceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 76 (as durbanica)
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