Bombycomorpha pallida Distant, 1897

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Permalink:	BOMBPALL
Higher taxa:	Lasiocampidae (family)/  Poecilocampinae (subfamily)/  Poecilocampini (tribe)/  Bombycomorpha (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Distant, 1897
Citation:	Bombycomorpha pallida, sp. n.
Original genus:	Bombycomorpha
Publication:	Distant W. L. 1897d. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal.
Journal:	Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Volume:	(6) 20
Issue:
Pagination:	207–208
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27415183

Bombycomorpha pallida (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Bombycomorpha pallida Distant, 1897		unknown		Not stated.	South Africa	South Africa, Gauteng, Transvaal, Pretoria, ii.1895, leg. W. L. Distant.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Bombycomorpha pallida Distant, 1897	Eswatini		Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 250 (map)
Bombycomorpha pallida Distant, 1897	Lesotho		Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 250 (map)
Bombycomorpha pallida Distant, 1897	Mozambique		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 119
Bombycomorpha pallida Distant, 1897	South Africa	Gauteng	Distant W. L. 1897d. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. page 206
Bombycomorpha pallida Distant, 1897	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 250 (map)
Bombycomorpha pallida Distant, 1897	South Africa	Limpopo	Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 250 (map)
Bombycomorpha pallida Distant, 1897	South Africa	Mpumalanga	Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 250 (map)
Bombycomorpha pallida Distant, 1897	South Africa	North-West	Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 250 (map)
Bombycomorpha pallida Distant, 1897	Zimbabwe		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 119

Plant note:

The record of Piper niger (see Aurivillius (1930) refers to Schinus molle (see J. G. Joannou & A. V. Gurkovich 2009: 105)).

Joannou J. G. & Gurkovich A. V. 2009. A review of the genus Bombycomorpha C. Felder & R. Felder, 1874 with descriptions of a new species and a new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae).

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Bombycomorpha pallida Distant, 1897	Schinus molle	Anacardiaceae	South Africa	Joannou J. G. & Gurkovich A. V. 2009. A review of the genus Bombycomorpha C. Felder & R. Felder, 1874 with descriptions of a new species and a new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). page 105
Bombycomorpha pallida Distant, 1897	Searsia sp.	Anacardiaceae	South Africa	Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 250

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Bombycomorpha pallida (1)

Bombycomorpha pallida (2)

Bombycomorpha pallida (3)

Bombycomorpha pallida (4)

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