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Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909)

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Higher taxa: Lasiocampidae (family)/  Lasiocampinae (subfamily)/  Lasiocampini (tribe)/  Pallastica (genus)/  Pallastica (subgenus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Riel, 1909)
Citation:Taragama Meloui, n. sp.
Original genus:Taragama
Publication:Riel Ph. 1909. Description d'une espèce nouvelle du genre Taragama (Lep. Pinaridae).
Journal:Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France
Volume:14
Issue:20
Pagination:350–352
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Pallastica meloui (1)
Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Pallastica by V. V. Zolotuhin & A. V. Gurkovich (2009a: 18).

Gurkovich A. V. & Zolotuhin V. V. 2009a. A revision of the African Odontocheilopteryx Wallengren, 1860 (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae).
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909) Lectotype ♀ Paralectotype 1♀, MNHL. Senegal Senegal, near St. Louis, 17.iv.1909, leg. G. Melou. Zolotuhin V. V. & Gurkovich A. V. 2009a. A review of the genus Pachypasa Walker, 1855 sensu lato in Africa (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). page 350–352
Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909) Lectotype ♂ MHNL Lectotype ♂, designated by V. V. Zolotuhin & A. V. Gurkovich (2009a: 18), MHNL. Senegal Senegal, near St. Louis, 17.iv.1909, leg. G. Melou. Zolotuhin V. V. & Gurkovich A. V. 2009a. A review of the genus Pachypasa Walker, 1855 sensu lato in Africa (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). page 350–352
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909) Burundi Zolotuhin V. V. & Gurkovich A. V. 2009a. A review of the genus Pachypasa Walker, 1855 sensu lato in Africa (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). page 19
Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909) Congo Zolotuhin V. V. & Gurkovich A. V. 2009a. A review of the genus Pachypasa Walker, 1855 sensu lato in Africa (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). page 18
Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Zolotuhin V. V. & Gurkovich A. V. 2009a. A review of the genus Pachypasa Walker, 1855 sensu lato in Africa (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). page 18
Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909) Equatorial Guinea Strand E. 1912l. Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn G. Tessmann nach Süd-Kamerun und Spanisch-Guinea. Lepidoptera II. (Lasiocampidae). page 139 (as cornuta)
Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909) Ethiopia Rougeot P.-C. 1984. Missions entomologiques en Ethiopie 1976–1982. Fascicule II. page 55 (as punctulata)
Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909) Gambia Ihle S. 2021b. Präimaginalstadien und Biologie von Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909) (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae). page 183
Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909) Guinea Ihle S. 2021b. Präimaginalstadien und Biologie von Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909) (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae). page 183
Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909) Kenya Stoneham H. F. 1942. Notes on the breeding of Pachypasa sericeofasciata, Auriv. page 2 (as orientalis)
Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909) Liberia Ihle S. 2021b. Präimaginalstadien und Biologie von Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909) (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae). page 183
Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909) Malawi page MGCL
Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909) Senegal Riel Ph. 1909. Description d'une espèce nouvelle du genre Taragama (Lep. Pinaridae). page 352
Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909) Tanzania Aurivillius C. 1910c. Lepidoptera – In: Sjöstedt, Y. (ed.) Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenen Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905–06. Part 9. page 19 (as punctulata)
Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909) Uganda Zolotuhin V. V. & Gurkovich A. V. 2009a. A review of the genus Pachypasa Walker, 1855 sensu lato in Africa (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). page 18
Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909) Zambia Ihle S. 2021b. Präimaginalstadien und Biologie von Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909) (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae). page 183
Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909) Zimbabwe Zolotuhin V. V. & Gurkovich A. V. 2009a. A review of the genus Pachypasa Walker, 1855 sensu lato in Africa (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). page 18
Plant note:

Bred in captivity with Quercus x turneri "pseudoturneri" (see S. Ihle 2021: 183).

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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Pallastica cornuta (Strand, 1912) (Strand, 1912) species Synonym Pachypasa cornuta
Pallastica orientalis (Stoneham, 1942) (Stoneham, 1942) species Synonym Pachypasa orientalis
Pallastica punctulata (Aurivillius, 1910) (Aurivillius, 1910) species Synonym Pachypasa punctulata