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Parasa trapezoidea Aurivillius, 1900

Permalink:	PARATRAP
Higher taxa:	Limacodidae (family)/ Limacodinae (subfamily)/ Parasa (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Aurivillius, 1900
Citation:	Parasa trapezoidea n. sp.
Original genus:	Parasa
Publication:	Aurivillius C. 1900a. Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika 5.
Journal:	Entomologisk Tidskrift
Volume:	20 (1899)
Issue:
Pagination:	253
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11920387

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Parasa trapezoidea (1)

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Parasa trapezoidea Aurivillius, 1900	Syntype	♂	SNHM	Syntypes 6♂, SNHM.	Cameroon	Cameroon, leg. Y. Sjostedt.

Distribution note:

The record of Zimbabwe (Janse 1964: 117) refers to a probably undescribed species (see D. S. Fletcher 1968: 332).

Fletcher D. S. 1968a. Ruwenzori Expedition, 1952. – Cossidae, Metarbelidae, Psychidae, Limacodidae, Drepanidae, Uraniidae, Lasiocampidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Saturniidae & Sphingidae.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Parasa trapezoidea Aurivillius, 1900	Cameroon		Aurivillius C. 1900a. Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika 5. page 253
Parasa trapezoidea Aurivillius, 1900	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the		Holland W. J. 1920. Lepidoptera of the Congo, being a systematic list of the butterflies and moths collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, together with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species. page 323
Parasa trapezoidea Aurivillius, 1900	Côte d'Ivoire		page MGCL
Parasa trapezoidea Aurivillius, 1900	Equatorial Guinea		Hering E. M. 1932b. Limacodidae, Zygaenidae und Saturniidae einer Ausbeute von Dr. Arnold Schultze im Ubangi-Gebiet. page 97
Parasa trapezoidea Aurivillius, 1900	Gabon		Holland W. J. 1920. Lepidoptera of the Congo, being a systematic list of the butterflies and moths collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, together with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species. page 323
Parasa trapezoidea Aurivillius, 1900	Nigeria		Hering E. M. 1932b. Limacodidae, Zygaenidae und Saturniidae einer Ausbeute von Dr. Arnold Schultze im Ubangi-Gebiet. page 97
Parasa trapezoidea Aurivillius, 1900	Uganda		page BMNH
Parasa trapezoidea Aurivillius, 1900	Zimbabwe		Janse A. J. T. 1964. The Moths of South Africa. VII. Limacodidae. page 117

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Parasa trapezoidea Aurivillius, 1900	Ricinus sp.	Euphorbiaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 181 (as trapezoides)

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
Parasa trapezoides Holland, 1920	Holland, 1920	species	Misapplied	Parasa trapezoides