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Sarothroceras banaka (Plötz, 1880)

Permalink:	SAROBANA
Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/ Calpinae (subfamily)/ UnassignedCalpinae (tribe)/ Sarothroceras (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Plötz, 1880)
Citation:	? Dichromia Banaka n. sp.
Original genus:	Dichromia
Publication:	Plötz C. 1880a. Verzeichniss der vom Prof. Dr. R. Buchholz in West-Afrika gesammelten Schmetterlinge.
Journal:	Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung
Volume:	41
Issue:	1–3
Pagination:	300
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8989676

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Sarothroceras banaka (1)

Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Sarothroceras by M. Lödl (1994h: 575).

Lödl M. 1994h. Revision der Gattung Hypena Schrank 1802 s.l., der äthiopischen und madagassischen Region, Teil 1 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hypeninae).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Sarothroceras banaka (Plötz, 1880)	Holotype	♂	ZIMG	Holotype ♂, abdomen missing (see M. Lödl 2010: 6), ZIMG.	Cameroon	Cameroon, W Africa, Victoria [Limbe], 16.vi.1873, leg. R. Buchholz.	Lödl M. 2010. Bemerkungen zur Gattung Sarothroceras Mabille, 1899 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Calpinae). page 300

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Sarothroceras banaka (Plötz, 1880)	Cameroon		Plötz C. 1880a. Verzeichniss der vom Prof. Dr. R. Buchholz in West-Afrika gesammelten Schmetterlinge. page 300
Sarothroceras banaka (Plötz, 1880)	Congo		Takano H. & Volynkin A. V. 2024. On the taxonomy of the genus Sarothroceras Mabille, 1889 (Erebidae: Calpinae). page 211
Sarothroceras banaka (Plötz, 1880)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the		Lödl M. 2010. Bemerkungen zur Gattung Sarothroceras Mabille, 1899 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Calpinae). page 6
Sarothroceras banaka (Plötz, 1880)	Equatorial Guinea		Strand E. 1912k. Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn G. Tessmann nach Süd-Kamerun und Spanisch Guinea. Lepidoptera I. (Saturniidae, Brahmaeidae, Striphnopterygidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Syntomididae [sic], Hypsidae und Agaristidae). page 195 (as pallida)
Sarothroceras banaka (Plötz, 1880)	Gabon		Druce H. 1883b. Descriptions of new species of Heterocera. page 156
Sarothroceras banaka (Plötz, 1880)	Rwanda		page RMCA
Sarothroceras banaka (Plötz, 1880)	Tanzania		page NHMO
Sarothroceras banaka (Plötz, 1880)	Uganda		Sevastopulo D. G. 1957c. Notes on the Heterocera of Kampala and neighbourhood (IV). page 133 (as rhomboidea)

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Sarothroceras banaka (Plötz, 1880)	Voacanga thouarsii	Apocynaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 176 (as pallida and V. obtusa)

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
Sarothroceras pallida (Druce, 1883)	(Druce, 1883)	species	Synonym	Phaegorista pallida
Sarothroceras rhomboidea Weymer, 1892	Weymer, 1892	species	Synonym	Sarothroceras rhomboidea
Sarothroceras tessmanni Gaede, 1914	Gaede, 1914	species	Misapplied	Sarothroceras tessmanni