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Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856)

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Higher taxa: Sphingidae (family)/  Smerinthinae (subfamily)/  Smerinthini (tribe)/  Pseudoclanis (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Walker, 1856)
Citation:Basiana postica
Original genus:Basiana
Publication:Walker F. 1856b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VIII.– Sphingidae.
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Volume:8
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Pagination:237
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38916506
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Pseudoclanis postica (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Holotype ♂ NHMUK Holotype ♂, NHMUK. South Africa South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Port Natal [Durban], leg. Gueinzius.
Distribution note:

The records of Ethiopia and Malawi need confirmation (U. Eitschberger 2007b: 96), as do the records of some other countries.

Eitschberger U. 2007b. Die Gattung Pseudoclanis Rothschild, 1894. Vorläufige Revision mit Neugliederung der Arten in bekannte und neue Gattungen (Lepidoprtera, Sphingidae).
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Angola Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 133
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Cameroon Darge Ph. 1973b. Lépidoptères Attacidae et Sphingidae récoltés dans le Nord Cameroun par M. le Docteur G. Nonveiller. page 58
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Central African Republic Darge Ph. 1980. Lépidoptères Attacidae et Sphingidae récoltés au Natal par Claude Herbulot. page 10
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Chad Darge Ph. 1980. Lépidoptères Attacidae et Sphingidae récoltés au Natal par Claude Herbulot. page 10
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Congo Rougeot P.-C. 1966b. Contribution à la faune du Congo (Brazzaville). Mission A. Villiers et A. Descarpentries. XXXIV. Lépidoptères Sphingidae. page 1225
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Schmit P. 2021b. Contribution à la connaissance des Sphingidae d’Ouganda (Lepidoptera). page 27
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Ethiopia Rougeot P.-C. 1977a. Lepidoptera. – In: Missions entomologiques en Ethiopie 1973–1975. Fascicule 1. page 89
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Gambia Druce H. 1887a. Lepidoptera Heterocera. – In: Moloney A. C., Sketch of the forestry of West Africa with particular reference to its present principal commercial products. page 493
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Kenya Fawcett J. M. 1915. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911–12. page 107
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Lesotho Kopij G. 2006. Lepidoptera fauna of Lesotho. page 159
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Madagascar Kernbach K. 1955b. Pseudoclanis postica Walker und ihre Unterarten. page 28
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Malawi Eitschberger U. 2007b. Die Gattung Pseudoclanis Rothschild, 1894. Vorläufige Revision mit Neugliederung der Arten in bekannte und neue Gattungen (Lepidoprtera, Sphingidae). page 96
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Mozambique Bąkowski M., László G. M. & Takano H. 2020. A contribution to the knowledge of the Sphingidae fauna of Mozambique. page 50
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Namibia Grünberg K. 1910c. Lepidoptera. – In: Schultze L.: Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise in westlichen und zentralen Südafrika. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie. page 99
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Nigeria Boorman J. 1960a. Notes on the Hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of Nigeria. page 115
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Rwanda Turlin B. 2023. Liste des Sphinx répertoriés au Rwanda. page 27
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Sierra Leone Schaus W. & Clements W. G. 1893. On a collection of Sierra Leone Lepidoptera. page 19
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Somalia Berio E. 1938b. Spedizione zoologica del Marchese Saverio Patrizi nel Basso Giuba e nell'Oltregiuba Giugno-Agosto 1934. Lista dei lepidotteri eteroceri con note e diagnosi di eteroceri africani. page 191
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) South Africa Gauteng Eitschberger U. 2007b. Die Gattung Pseudoclanis Rothschild, 1894. Vorläufige Revision mit Neugliederung der Arten in bekannte und neue Gattungen (Lepidoprtera, Sphingidae). page 96
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) South Africa Eastern Cape Eitschberger U. 2021. Die Sphingidae der Asante Sana Farm in Südafrika (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). page 166
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Walker F. 1856b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VIII.– Sphingidae. page 237
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) South Africa Mpumalanga van den Berg M. A., Vermeulen J. B., Braack H. H. & Braack A. L. 1975. Pylstertmotte (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) van die Nasionale Krugerwildtuin. page 21
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Tanzania Strand E. 1911i. Zoologische Ergebnisse des Expedition das Herrn Hauptmann A. D. Fromm 1908/09 nach Deutsch-Ostafrika. page 294
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Tanzania Zanzibar (Unguja) Spitsyn V. M., Spitsyna E. A., Burchalovskaia P. D. & Bolotov I. N. 2022b. A review of the Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) fauna of Zanzibar (Unguja) Island (Tanzania). page 110
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Togo Aulombard F. 2021. La montagne de Kpimé, une localité intéressante au Togo. page 38
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Uganda Sevastopulo D. G. 1956a. Notes on the Heterocera of Kampala and neighbourhood (II). page 5
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Zimbabwe Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 133
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Alchornea cordifolia Euphorbiaceae Nigeria MacNulty B. J. 1970. Outline life histories of some West African Lepidoptera. Part III Sphingidae. page 100
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Alchornea cordifolia Euphorbiaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 100
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Celtis kraussiana Cannabaceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 73
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Celtis sp. Cannabaceae South Africa van den Berg M. A., Vermeulen J. B., Braack H. H. & Braack A. L. 1975. Pylstertmotte (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) van die Nasionale Krugerwildtuin. page 21
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Chaetachme aristata Ulmaceae South Africa Fawcett J. M. 1903. Notes on the transformations of some South-African Lepidoptera. page 174
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Chaetachme sp. Ulmaceae Gardner J. C. M. 1957. An annotated list of East African forest insects. page 39
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Chlorophora sp. Moraceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 100
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Ficus ingens Moraceae South Africa Eitschberger U. 2007a. Sphingidae (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea). – In Mey, W. (ed.) The Lepidoptera of the Brandberg Massif in Namibia. Part 2. page 96
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Ficus natalensis Moraceae Uganda Sevastopulo D. G. 1956a. Notes on the Heterocera of Kampala and neighbourhood (II). page 5
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Ficus petersii Moraceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 80
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Ficus sp. Moraceae South Africa Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 133
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Ficus sp. Moraceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 100
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Loranthus sp. Loranthaceae South Africa Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 133
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Loranthus sp. Loranthaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 100
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Milicia excelsa Moraceae Kenya Gardner J. C. M. 1957. An annotated list of East African forest insects. page 39
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Morus sp. Moraceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 100
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Morus sp. Moraceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 85
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Psychotria sp. Rubiaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 100
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Trema bracteolata Ulmaceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 95
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Trema sp. Ulmaceae Gardner J. C. M. 1957. An annotated list of East African forest insects. page 39
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