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Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Erebinae (subfamily)/  Erebini (tribe)/  Sphingomorpha (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Cramer, 1777)
Citation:Phal.[aena] Noct.[ua] Chlorea
Original genus:Noctua
Publication:Cramer P. 1777. 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:2
Issue:9–16
Pagination:12, index; pl. 104, fig. C
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42111908
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) unknown Not stated. Suriname [ex errore, recte Africa].
Distribution note:

Oriental: India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka; Palaearctic: Egypt (Sinai).

Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Angola Butler A. G. 1875b. On a collection of Lepidoptera from southern Africa, with descriptions of new genera and species. page 407 (as monteironis)
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Botswana page TMSA
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Cabo Verde Hacker H. H., Schreier H.-P. & Aistleitner E. 2010. Noctuidae of Cape Verde Islands (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). page 26
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Central African Republic page TMSA
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the North Kivu Aurivillius C. 1925a. Zoological results of the Swedish Expedition to Central Africa 1921. Insecta. 12. Lepidoptera. 1. page 15
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 354
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. page 430
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Orientale Rebel H. 1914a. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Expedition R. Grauer nach Zentralafrika, Dezember 1909 bis Februar 1911. Lepidopteren. page 283
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Côte d'Ivoire Mabille P. 1890a. Voyage de M. Ch. Alluaud dans le territoire d'Assinie (Afrique occidentale) en juillet et août 1886, 4e mémoire; Lépidoptères, avec des notes sur quelques autres espèces d'Afrique (Rhopalocera et Heterocera). page 44 (as sipyla)
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Eritrea Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 354
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Ethiopia Oberthür C. 1880. Spedizione italiana nell'Africa equatoriale. Risultati zoologice. I Lepidotteri. page 179 (as sipyla)
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) 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 501
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Kenya Butler A. G. 1898b. On a collection of Lepidoptera made in British East Africa by Mr. C. S. Betton. page 422
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Lesotho Kopij G. 2006. Lepidoptera fauna of Lesotho. page 172
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Malawi Kirby W. F. 1896. On a collection of moths from East Africa formed by Dr. W. J. Ansorge, Medical Officer to the Uganda Administration. page 393 (as monteironis)
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Mauritania Hacker H. H., Schreier H.-P. & Aistleitner E. 2010. Noctuidae of Cape Verde Islands (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). page 26
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Mozambique Pagenstecher A. 1893. Lepidopteren gesammelt in Ost-Afrika 1888/89 von Dr. Franz Stuhlmann. page 44
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Namibia Aurivillius C. 1879. Lepidoptera Damarensia. Förteckning på fjärilar insamlade i Damaralandet af G. de Vylder åren 1873 och 1874 jemte beskrifning öfver förut okända arter. page 69
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Nigeria Sharpe E. M. 1902. A list of Lepidoptera collected by Dr. Cuthbert Christy in Nigeria. page 107
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Oman Wiltshire E. P. 1990. An illustrated, annotated catalogue of the Macro-Heterocera of Saudi Arabia. – In: Büttiker, W. & Krupp, F. (Eds.). Fauna of Saudi Arabia. page 224
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Rwanda Strand E. 1909d. Lepidoptera aus Deutsch-Ostafrika, gesammelt von Herrn Oberleutnant Wintgens. page 116
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Saudi Arabia Wiltshire E. P. 1952a. Lepidoptera recently taken in Arabia. page 160
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Senegal Berio E. 1969b. Le Parc National du Niokolo-Koba (Sénégal). Fasc. III. XXIII. Lepidoptera. Noctuidae. page 371
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Seychelles Glorioso Islands Holland W. J. 1896c. List of the Lepidoptera from Aldabra, Seychelles, and other East African islands, collected by Dr. W. L. Abbot. page 271
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Sierra Leone Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 354
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Somalia Holland W. J. 1897a. List of the Lepidoptera Heterocera collected by A. Donaldson Smith. – In: A. Donaldson Smith, Through unknown African countries. The first expedition from Somaliland to Lake Rudolf. page 418
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) South Africa Eastern Cape Möschler H. B. 1884. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-fauna des Kaffernlandes. page 304 (as sipyla)
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Butler A. G. 1875b. On a collection of Lepidoptera from southern Africa, with descriptions of new genera and species. page 407 (as monteironis)
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) South Africa Limpopo page TMSA
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) South Africa Northern Cape page TMSA
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) South Africa Free State page TMSA
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) South Africa Western Cape page TMSA
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) South Africa Gauteng Buckle A. S. 1908. Notes on a collection of Lepidoptera from Aden and from the Transvaal. page 10 (as monteironis)
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) South Africa North-West page TMSA
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) South Africa Mpumalanga Taylor J. S. 1946. Food-plants of some South African Lepidoptera. page 47
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Sudan Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 354
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Tanzania Karsch F. 1898b. Über die auf der Irangi-Expedition gesammelten Orthoptera und Lepidoptera. – In: Werther C. W. Die mittleren Hochländer der nördlichen Deutsch-Ost-Afrika. page 313
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Tanzania Zanzibar (Unguja) Holland W. J. 1896a. List of the Lepidoptera collected in Eastern Africa by Dr. W. L. Abbott, with descriptions of some apparently new species. page 255 (as monteironis)
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Uganda Butler A. G. 1888b. On the Lepidoptera received from Dr. Emin Pasha. page 85
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Western Sahara Rungs Ch. 1992. Premier aperçu sur la faune des lépidoptères du Sahara occidental. page 367
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Yemen Walsingham Thomas de Grey & Hampson G. F. 1896. On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland. page 264
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Zambia Strand E. 1909h. Schmetterlinge aus dem Sambesi-Gebiet, gesammelt und dem Berliner Museum geschenkt von Herrn Franz Seiner. page 380
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Zimbabwe Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 354
Plant note:

Description of the larva in A. H. L. Townsend (1937: 124).

Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Acacia hirtella Fabaceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 67
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Acacia sp. Fabaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 191
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Azanza sp. Malvaceae South Africa Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 224
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Burkea africana Fabaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 191
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Burkea africana Fabaceae Zimbabwe Pinhey E. C. G. 1960. The larvae of some moths reared by Mr. D. K. B. Wheeler at Syringa Farm, Southern Rhodesia. Part I. page 493
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Burkea sp. Fabaceae South Africa Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 224
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Citrus sp. Rutaceae India Robinson G. S., Ackery P. R., Kitching I. J., Beccaloni G. W. & Hernández L. M. 2001. Hostplants of the moth and butterfly caterpillars of the Oriental Region. page 374
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Lantana camara Verbenaceae India Gupta A. & Smetacek P. 2011. A new larval host record for Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from Karnataka, India. page 1553
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Pisum sativum Fabaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 191
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Sclerocarya caffra Anacardiaceae South Africa Taylor J. S. 1946. Food-plants of some South African Lepidoptera. page 47
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Sclerocarya sp. Anacardiaceae South Africa Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 224
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Vachellia karroo Fabaceae South Africa Taylor J. S. 1949. Notes on Lepidoptera in the Eastern Cape Province (Part 1). page 82
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Vachellia tortilis Fabaceae Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1937. Miscellaneous notes on the early stages of certain Heterocera. page 124 (as Acacia thorn tree)
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Vachellia xanthophloea Fabaceae Kenya Agassiz D. J. L. & Harper D. M. 2009. The Macrolepidoptera fauna of Acacia in the Kenyan Rift Valley (Part 1). page 7
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
Sphingomorpha monteironis Butler, 1875 Butler, 1875 species Synonym Sphingomorpha monteironis
Sphingomorpha rapta (Fabricius, 1787) (Fabricius, 1787) species Synonym Noctua rapta
Sphingomorpha sinyla (Keferstein, 1861) (Keferstein, 1861) species Misapplied Noctua sinyla
Sphingomorpha sipyla Guenée, 1852 Guenée, 1852 species Synonym Sphingomorpha sipyla