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Leocyma appollinis Guenée, 1852

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Bagisarinae (subfamily)/  Leocyma (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Guenée, 1852
Citation:Leocyma Appollinis Gn.
Original genus:Leocyma
Publication:Guenée A. M. 1852b. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. VI. Species général des Lépidoptères. Noctuélites. Tome II.
Journal:—
Volume:6
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Pagination:212–213
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33923679
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Leocyma appollinis (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Leocyma appollinis Guenée, 1852 Syntype unknown NHMUK Syntypes, NHMUK. [Africa], Not stated, "Je la crois africaine".
Distribution note:

The record of Mauritania (H. Hacker & A. Hausmann 2010: 101; pl. 5, fig. 12) is erroneous.

Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Leocyma appollinis Guenée, 1852 Comoros Grande Comore (Ngazidja) page RMCA (as vates)
Leocyma appollinis Guenée, 1852 Ethiopia page R. Fiebig & D. Stadie
Leocyma appollinis Guenée, 1852 Madagascar Nosy Bé Saalmüller M. & von Heyden L. 1891. Lepidopteren von Madagascar. Zweite Abtheilung. Heterocera: Noctuae, Geometrae, Microlepidoptera. page 330 (as vates)
Leocyma appollinis Guenée, 1852 Madagascar Hampson G. F. 1912a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Volume XI. page 661
Leocyma appollinis Guenée, 1852 Mozambique Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 209
Leocyma appollinis Guenée, 1852 South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Walker F. 1865c. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXIII.– Supplement Part 3. page 979 (as euproctisoides)
Leocyma appollinis Guenée, 1852 Zimbabwe Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 209
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Leocyma appollinis Guenée, 1852 Hibiscus micranthus Malvaceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 82 (as H. gossypinus)
Leocyma appollinis Guenée, 1852 Hibiscus pedunculatus Malvaceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 82
Leocyma appollinis Guenée, 1852 Pavonia macrophylla Malvaceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 87
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
Leocyma apollinis auct. auct. species Misapplied Leocyma apollinis
Leocyma euproctisoides (Walker, 1865) (Walker, 1865) species Synonym Thiganusa euproctisoides
Leocyma vates Saalmüller, 1891 Saalmüller, 1891 species Synonym Leocyma vates