Leipoxais compsotes Tams, 1937

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Higher taxa:	Lasiocampidae (family)/  Lasiocampinae (subfamily)/  Argudini (tribe)/  Leipoxais (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Tams, 1937
Citation:	Leipoxais compsotes sp. n.
Original genus:	Leipoxais
Publication:	Tams W. H. T. 1937. Three new East African moths.
Journal:	Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society
Volume:	13 (1935–1936)
Issue:	3–4
Pagination:	106; pl. 1, figs 3, 4
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50548213

Leipoxais compsotes (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Leipoxais compsotes Tams, 1937	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide Lasio 1553♂, NHMUK.	Kenya	Kenya Colony, bred, leg. A. H. L. Townsend.
Leipoxais compsotes Tams, 1937	Paratype	♀	NHMUK	Paratype ♀, NHMUK.	Kenya	Kenya Colony, bred, leg. A. H. L. Townsend.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Leipoxais compsotes Tams, 1937	Kenya		Tams W. H. T. 1937. Three new East African moths. page 106

Plant note:

Description of the larva in A. L. H. Townsend (1937: 115).

Townsend A. L. H. 1937. Miscellaneous notes on the early stages of certain Heterocera.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Leipoxais compsotes Tams, 1937	Dovyalis caffra	Salicaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 94
Leipoxais compsotes Tams, 1937	Dovyalis caffra	Salicaceae	Kenya	Townsend A. L. H. 1938. Further notes on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. page 181 (as kei-apple)
Leipoxais compsotes Tams, 1937	Gymnosporia sp.	Celastraceae	Kenya	Townsend A. L. H. 1937. Miscellaneous notes on the early stages of certain Heterocera. page 115
Leipoxais compsotes Tams, 1937	Maerua sp.	Capparidaceae	Kenya	Townsend A. L. H. 1938. Further notes on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. page 181
Leipoxais compsotes Tams, 1937	Maerua sp.	Capparidaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 94
Leipoxais compsotes Tams, 1937	Maytenus sp.	Celastraceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 94
Leipoxais compsotes Tams, 1937	Schinus molle	Anacardiaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 94
Leipoxais compsotes Tams, 1937	Schinus molle	Anacardiaceae	Kenya	Townsend A. L. H. 1938. Further notes on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. page 181 (as pepper tree)

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Leipoxais compsotes (1)

Leipoxais compsotes (2)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination