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Bombycopsis capicola Aurivillius, 1921

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Higher taxa: Lasiocampidae (family)/  Lasiocampinae (subfamily)/  Lasiocampini (tribe)/  Bombycopsis (genus)/  Bufoidia (subgenus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Aurivillius, 1921
Citation:Bombycopsis capicola, n. sp.
Original genus:Bombycopsis
Publication:Aurivillius C. 1921a. Descriptions of some South African Heterocera (Lepidoptera).
Journal:Annals of the South African Museum
Volume:18
Issue:2
Pagination:237
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1540495
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Bombycopsis capicola (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Bombycopsis capicola Aurivillius, 1921 Holotype ♀ SAMC Holotype ♀, SAMC. South Africa [South Africa, Western Cape], Cape Colony, Cape Town, 1917, leg. S. Houghton.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Bombycopsis capicola Aurivillius, 1921 South Africa Western Cape Aurivillius C. 1921a. Descriptions of some South African Heterocera (Lepidoptera). page 237
Plant note:

Records of Bidens pillosa and Senecio (see Pinhey 1975: 122) probably refer to other Bombycopsis species (see J. G. Joannou & M. Krüger 2009: 129).

Joannou J. G. & Krüger M. 2009. Revision of the genus Bombycopsis C. & R. Felder, 1874 (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampoidea: Lasiocampidae: Lasiocampinae: Lasiocampini).
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Bombycopsis capicola Aurivillius, 1921 Leptospermum laevigatum Myrtaceae South Africa Dickson C. G. C. 1944. Recently observed food-plants of some Cape lepidopterous larvae. page 88 (as cupicola)
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