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Species TypeStatus Gender Locality
Bombycopsis bipars (Walker, 1855) Holotype ♀ South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Port Natal [Durban].
Bombycopsis conspersa Aurivillius, 1905 Holotype ♂ Kenya, Br. E. Africa, Ngong, road Machakos–Neugia, 1898-08-19, leg. R. C. Crawshay.
Bombycopsis gallagheri (Wiltshire & Legrain, 1997) Holotype ♀ Oman Central, 6 km W of Ras Madraka, 60 m, 17.x.1974, leg. M. D. Gallagher.
Bombycopsis gallagheri (Wiltshire & Legrain, 1997) Paratype ♀ Oman Central, 6 km W of Ras Madraka, 60 m, 17.x.1974, leg. M. D. Gallagher.
Bombycopsis hyatti Tams, 1931 Holotype ♀ Somalia, British Somaliland, ca 1500 ft, i.1929, leg. M. Portal Hyatt.
Bombycopsis hyatti Tams, 1931 Paratype ♀ Somalia, British Somaliland, ca 1500 ft, i.1929, leg. M. Portal Hyatt.
Bombycopsis incompta (Walker, 1855) Holotype ♀ South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Port Natal [Durban].
Bombycopsis kenema Joannou & Krüger, 2009 Paratype ♂ Sierra Leone, NW of Kenema, ix–x.1974, leg. A. Allaer.
Bombycopsis larseni (Wiltshire & Legrain, 1997) Holotype ♂ Oman N, Rostaq, 26–31.iii.1970, leg. K. M. Guichard.
Bombycopsis larseni (Wiltshire & Legrain, 1997) Paratype ♂ Oman N, Rostaq, 26–31.iii.1970, leg. K. M. Guichard.
Bombycopsis lepta Tams, 1931 Holotype ♀ Kenya Colony, Nairobi, iii.1926, leg. van Someren.
Bombycopsis melaena Joannou & Krüger, 2009 Paratype ♂ Kenya, Kakamega, Kakamega Forest, 1550 m, 19.iv.2004, leg. J. Joannou.
Bombycopsis metallicus (Distant, 1898) Lectotype ♂ South Africa, Gauteng, Transvaal, Johannesburg, leg. J. P. Cregoe.
Bombycopsis metallicus (Distant, 1898) Paralectotype ♂ South Africa, Gauteng, Transvaal, Johannesburg, leg. J. P. Cregoe.
Bombycopsis ochroleuca Felder, 1874 Holotype ♀ South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal; "Guyana gall." [ex errore].
Bombycopsis pallida Joannou & Krüger, 2009 Paratype ♂ South Africa, Gauteng, Hekpoort Farm, Hekpoort, 1550 m, 06.ix.1997, leg. J. Joannou.
Bombycopsis pittawayi (Wiltshire & Legrain, 1997) Holotype ♂ Saudi Arabia, Al Foqa, Olaea-Dodonaea zone, Asir Mts, 09.iv.1983, leg. A. R. Pittaway.
Bombycopsis pittawayi (Wiltshire & Legrain, 1997) Paratype ♂ Saudi Arabia, Al Foqa, Olaea-Dodonaea zone, Asir Mts, 09.iv.1983, leg. A. R. Pittaway.
Bombycopsis respondens Joannou & Krüger, 2009 Holotype ♂ Cameroon, Bitje [Bitye], Ja [Dja] river, 2000 ft, x–xi.1912.
Bombycopsis tenera Joannou & Krüger, 2009 Holotype ♂ Cameroon, Bitje [Bitye], Ja [Dja] river, 2000 ft, iv–v.1912, leg. G. L. Bates.
Bombycopsis tenera Joannou & Krüger, 2009 Paratype ♂ Cameroon, Bitje [Bitye], Ja [Dja] river, 2000 ft, iv–v.1912, leg. G. L. Bates.
Bombycopsis tukuyuensis Joannou & Krüger, 2009 Holotype ♂ Tanzania, Tanganyika Territory, Tukuyu, 5084 ft, 31.v.1924, leg. N. C. E. Miller.
Bombycopsis ustulistriga Joannou & Krüger, 2009 ♂ Kenya S, Umani Springs, Kibwezi, 1050 m, 26–28.iv.1997, leg. J. Joannou.
Bombycopsis variabilis Joannou & Krüger, 2009 Paratype ♂ Burundi, Urundi, Gitega, 23.iii.1962, leg. M. Fontaine.
Bombycopsis venosa (Butler, 1896) Syntype ♀ Zambia, Lake Tanganyika, Fwambo, leg. A. Carson.