Felderiola candescens (Felder & Felder, 1874)

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Permalink:	MONOCAND
Higher taxa:	Sesiidae (family)/  Sesiinae (subfamily)/  Sesiini (tribe)/  Felderiola (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Felder & Felder, 1874)
Citation:	Trochilina (Sesia) candescens F.
Original genus:	Trochilina
Publication:	Felder C., Felder R. & Rogenhofer A. F. 1865–1875. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. Abtheilung 2, Heft 4, Lepidoptera. Atlas der Heterocera.
Journal:	—
Volume:	2
Issue:	4
Pagination:	9; pl. 82, fig. 23
Name(English):	Rooibos clearwing moth

Felderiola candescens (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Felderiola candescens (Felder & Felder, 1874)	Syntype	♀	NHMUK	Syntypes ♀, [number not stated], NHMUK.	South Africa	South Africa, Western Cape, Africa meridionalis, Knysna, leg. R. Trimen.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Felderiola candescens (Felder & Felder, 1874)	South Africa	Western Cape	Felder C., Felder R. & Rogenhofer A. F. 1865–1875. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. Abtheilung 2, Heft 4, Lepidoptera. Atlas der Heterocera. page 9
Felderiola candescens (Felder & Felder, 1874)	South Africa	Free State	Bartsch D. 2013. Revisionary checklist of the Southern African Sesiini (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) with description of new species. page 19
Felderiola candescens (Felder & Felder, 1874)	Zimbabwe		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 44

Plant note:

In the root (see also Hatting et al. 2011).

Hatting J. L., Brand J. & Damavandian M. R. 2011. Phenology and behaviour of the clearwing moth, Monopetalotaxis candescens (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae), associated with cultivated rooibos, Aspalathus linearis (Fabaceae), in South Africa.

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Felderiola candescens (1)

Felderiola candescens (2)

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