Philotherma sordida Aurivillius, 1905

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Higher taxa:	Lasiocampidae (family)/  Lasiocampinae (subfamily)/  Trabaliini (tribe)/  Philotherma (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Aurivillius, 1905
Citation:	Philotherma sordida, n. sp.
Original genus:	Philotherma
Publication:	Aurivillius C. 1905a. New African Lasiocampidae in the British Museum.
Journal:	Transactions of the entomological Society of London
Volume:	1905
Issue:	3
Pagination:	318; pl. 16, fig. 2
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14788138

Philotherma sordida (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Philotherma sordida Aurivillius, 1905	Syntype	♂	NHMUK	Syntypes ♂, NHMUK, MfN.	Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone; [Nigeria], Niger, Onitsha.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Philotherma sordida Aurivillius, 1905	Cameroon		Strand E. 1912l. Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn G. Tessmann nach Süd-Kamerun und Spanisch-Guinea. Lepidoptera II. (Lasiocampidae). page 115 (as testaceicornis)
Philotherma sordida Aurivillius, 1905	Central African Republic		page P. Basquin
Philotherma sordida Aurivillius, 1905	Ethiopia		page P. Basquin
Philotherma sordida Aurivillius, 1905	Kenya		Joannou J. G. & Kühne L. 2008. Lasiocampidae. – In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). page 131
Philotherma sordida Aurivillius, 1905	Malawi		Joannou J. G. & Kühne L. 2008. Lasiocampidae. – In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). page 131
Philotherma sordida Aurivillius, 1905	Nigeria		Aurivillius C. 1905a. New African Lasiocampidae in the British Museum. page 318
Philotherma sordida Aurivillius, 1905	Sierra Leone		Aurivillius C. 1905a. New African Lasiocampidae in the British Museum. page 318
Philotherma sordida Aurivillius, 1905	Togo		Strand E. 1912l. Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn G. Tessmann nach Süd-Kamerun und Spanisch-Guinea. Lepidoptera II. (Lasiocampidae). page 118
Philotherma sordida Aurivillius, 1905	Uganda		Joannou J. G. & Kühne L. 2008. Lasiocampidae. – In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). page 131
Philotherma sordida Aurivillius, 1905	Zambia		Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. page 483

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Philotherma sordida Aurivillius, 1905	Ipomoea batatas	Convolvulaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 184

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Philotherma sordida (1)

Philotherma sordida (2)

Philotherma sordida (3)

Philotherma sordida (4)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Philotherma posticata Strand, 1912	Strand, 1912	species	Misapplied	Philotherma posticata
Philotherma testaceicornis Strand, 1912	Strand, 1912	species	Synonym	Philotherma testaceicornis