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Ammacosola simplex (Aurivillius, 1905)

Permalink:	AMMASIMP
Higher taxa:	Lasiocampidae (family)/ Lasiocampinae (subfamily)/ Selenepherini (tribe)/ Ammacosola (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Aurivillius, 1905)
Citation:	Beralade (Chilena) simplex, n. sp.
Original genus:	Beralade
Publication:	Aurivillius C. 1905a. New African Lasiocampidae in the British Museum.
Journal:	Transactions of the entomological Society of London
Volume:	1905
Issue:	3
Pagination:	321 (key), 322; pl. 16, fig. 6
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14788142

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Ammacosola simplex (1)

Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Ammacosola by A. M. Prozorov & V. V. Zolotuhin (2012b: 221) while describing that genus.

Prozorov A. M. & Zolotuhin V. V. 2012b. Seven new monotypic genera of African Lasiocampidae (Lepidoptera).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Ammacosola simplex (Aurivillius, 1905)	Holotype	♀	NHMUK	Holotype ♀, NHMUK.	South Africa	South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, Durban, leg. Bowker.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Ammacosola simplex (Aurivillius, 1905)	Mozambique		Takano H. & László G. M. 2024b. The Lasiocampidae (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampoidea) of Maputo Special Reserve, Mozambique: a provisional checklist with descriptions of three new species and taxonomic notes. page 233
Ammacosola simplex (Aurivillius, 1905)	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Aurivillius C. 1905a. New African Lasiocampidae in the British Museum. page 322
Ammacosola simplex (Aurivillius, 1905)	South Africa	Gauteng	Strand E. 1911k. Beschreibungen afrikanischer Lepidopteren insbesondere Striphnopterygiden. page 147 (as pygmula)
Ammacosola simplex (Aurivillius, 1905)	South Africa	Limpopo	page R. Fiebig
Ammacosola simplex (Aurivillius, 1905)	Zimbabwe		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 120

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Ammacosola simplex (Aurivillius, 1905)	Rhus sp.	Anacardiaceae	South Africa	Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 120
Ammacosola simplex (Aurivillius, 1905)	Rhus villosa	Anacardiaceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 90

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
Ammacosola pygmula (Strand, 1911)	(Strand, 1911)	species	Synonym	Beralade pygmula