| Permalink: | LETOVENU |
| Higher taxa: | Hepialidae (family)/ Leto (genus)/ |
| Status: | Accepted |
| Authorship: | (Cramer, 1780) |
| Citation: | Phal.[aena] Bomb.[yx] Venus |
| Original genus: | Bombyx |
| Publication: | Cramer P. 1779–1780. De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America, by een verzameld en beschreeven door den heer Pieter Cramer (etc.). |
| Journal: | — |
| Volume: | 3 |
| Issue: | 17–24 |
| Pagination: | 167–168, 176 (index); pl. cclxxxvi, figs C, D. |
| URL: | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42136659 |
| Scientific name | TypeStatus | Gender | Museum | Description | Country | Locality | Publication | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leto venus (Cramer, 1780) | Holotype | ♀ | RMNH | Holotype ♀, coll. Cramer, RMNH. | South Africa | [South Africa, Northern Cape], 200 miles N of Kaap de Goede Hoop. |
| Scientific name | Country | Province | Publication | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leto venus (Cramer, 1780) | South Africa | Western Cape | Cramer P. 1779–1780. De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America, by een verzameld en beschreeven door den heer Pieter Cramer (etc.). page 167 | |
| Leto venus (Cramer, 1780) | South Africa | Eastern Cape | Janse A. J. T. 1942–1948. The moths of South Africa. Volume IV. Jugatae, Adelidae and Nepticulidae. page 32 |
| Scientific name | Plant | Plant Family | Country | Publication | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leto venus (Cramer, 1780) | Cyclopia falcata | Fabaceae | South Africa | Grehan J. R., Ochse G. & Ritky S. 2018. New host and distribution records for Leo venus (Cramer, 1780) (Exoporia: Hepialidae) in South Africa. page 147 (as subternata) | |
| Leto venus (Cramer, 1780) | Virgilia divaricata | Fabaceae | South Africa | Duke A. J. & Taylor J. S. 1964. A note on Leto venus Stoll (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). page 130 | |
| Leto venus (Cramer, 1780) | Virgilia oroboides | Fabaceae | South Africa | Janse A. J. T. 1945c. On the history and life-history of Leto venus Stoll. page 154 | |
| Leto venus (Cramer, 1780) | Virgilia sp. | Fabaceae | South Africa | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 29 |
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