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Racinoa ficicola (Ormerod, 1889)

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Higher taxa: Bombycidae (family)/  Bombycinae (subfamily)/  Racinoa (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Ormerod, 1889)
Citation:Trilocha ficicola (Westw.)
Original genus:Trilocha
Publication:Ormerod E. A. 1889. Notes and descriptions of a few injurious farm & fruit insects of South Africa.
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Pagination:43–46, fig. 20
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17893229
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Racinoa ficicola (1)
Taxonomic note:

Implicitly transferred to Racinoa by T. Bouyer (2008c: 62).

Bouyer Th. 2008c. Description de nouveaux genres de Bombycidae africains (Lepidoptera). Etude sur les Bombycidae : note n° 1.
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Racinoa ficicola (Ormerod, 1889) unknown Not stated. South Africa South Africa, Eastern Cape, Port Elizabeth [Gqeberha].
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Racinoa ficicola (Ormerod, 1889) Eritrea Berio E. 1939a. Contributi alla conoscenza dei lepidotteri eteroceri dell'Eritrea I. Lista delle specie con descrizioni delle nuove entità raccolte negli anni 1934 al 1937 dal sig. Francesco Vaccaro. page 60
Racinoa ficicola (Ormerod, 1889) Eswatini page H. Roland
Racinoa ficicola (Ormerod, 1889) Kenya Fletcher D. S. 1968a. Ruwenzori Expedition, 1952. – Cossidae, Metarbelidae, Psychidae, Limacodidae, Drepanidae, Uraniidae, Lasiocampidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Saturniidae & Sphingidae. page 345
Racinoa ficicola (Ormerod, 1889) Mozambique Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 109
Racinoa ficicola (Ormerod, 1889) Namibia Kopij G. 2025. Lepidoptera fauna of Namibia III: Katima Mulilo, Zambezi Region. page 10
Racinoa ficicola (Ormerod, 1889) Nigeria Rothschild W. 1921b. On the Lepidoptera collected by Capt. A. Buchanan in Northern Nigeria and the Southern Sahara in 1919–1920. Geometridae. page 218
Racinoa ficicola (Ormerod, 1889) Somalia Berio E. 1938b. Spedizione zoologica del Marchese Saverio Patrizi nel Basso Giuba e nell'Oltregiuba Giugno-Agosto 1934. Lista dei lepidotteri eteroceri con note e diagnosi di eteroceri africani. page 191
Racinoa ficicola (Ormerod, 1889) South Africa Limpopo page H. Roland
Racinoa ficicola (Ormerod, 1889) South Africa Gauteng page TMSA
Racinoa ficicola (Ormerod, 1889) South Africa Western Cape page TMSA
Racinoa ficicola (Ormerod, 1889) South Africa Eastern Cape Ormerod E. A. 1889. Notes and descriptions of a few injurious farm & fruit insects of South Africa. page 43
Racinoa ficicola (Ormerod, 1889) Tanzania page S. King
Racinoa ficicola (Ormerod, 1889) Uganda Fletcher D. S. 1968a. Ruwenzori Expedition, 1952. – Cossidae, Metarbelidae, Psychidae, Limacodidae, Drepanidae, Uraniidae, Lasiocampidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Saturniidae & Sphingidae. page 345
Racinoa ficicola (Ormerod, 1889) Zambia Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 109
Racinoa ficicola (Ormerod, 1889) Zimbabwe Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 109
Plant note:

Description of the larva in A. H. L. Townsend (1938: 172).

Townsend A. L. H. 1938. Further notes on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Racinoa ficicola (Ormerod, 1889) Ficus carica Moraceae Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1938. Further notes on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. page 172
Racinoa ficicola (Ormerod, 1889) Ficus petersii Moraceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 80 (as ficicolor)
Racinoa ficicola (Ormerod, 1889) Ficus sp. Moraceae South Africa Ormerod E. A. 1889. Notes and descriptions of a few injurious farm & fruit insects of South Africa. page 43
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Racinoa ficicolor (Janse, 1917) (Janse, 1917) species Misapplied Trilocha ficicolor