Pselaphelia flavivitta (Walker, 1862)

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Higher taxa:	Saturniidae (family)/  Saturniinae (subfamily)/  Urotini (tribe)/  Pselaphelia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Walker, 1862)
Citation:	Antheroea [sic] flavivitta
Original genus:	Antheraea
Publication:	Walker F. 1862c. Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera in the collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq.
Journal:	Transactions of the entomological Society of London
Volume:	(3) 1
Issue:
Pagination:	275–276
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32121229

Pselaphelia flavivitta (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Pselaphelia flavivitta (Walker, 1862)	Holotype	♀	OUMNH	Holotype ♀, type no LEP 1979, OUMNH.	South Africa	South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, leg. Burrows.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Pselaphelia flavivitta (Walker, 1862)	Kenya		Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. page 50
Pselaphelia flavivitta (Walker, 1862)	Mozambique		Aurivillius C. 1893. Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika. page 203 (as conspersa)
Pselaphelia flavivitta (Walker, 1862)	South Africa	Mpumalanga	Van den Berg M. A. 1974d. Pouoogmotte (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) van die Nasionale Krugerwildtuin. page 163
Pselaphelia flavivitta (Walker, 1862)	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Walker F. 1862c. Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera in the collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. page 276
Pselaphelia flavivitta (Walker, 1862)	Tanzania		Darge Ph. 2008c. A provisional checklist of the Saturniidae (Emperor Moths) of Tanzania (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). page 29
Pselaphelia flavivitta (Walker, 1862)	Uganda		Stoneham H. F. 1962. A provisional check list of the African Saturnidae [sic] in the museum collections. Parts 1–5. page [15] (as dentifera)
Pselaphelia flavivitta (Walker, 1862)	Zambia		Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. page 480 (as dentifera)
Pselaphelia flavivitta (Walker, 1862)	Zimbabwe		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 111

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Pselaphelia flavivitta (Walker, 1862)	Afromomum sp.	Zingiberaceae	South Africa	Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. page 50
Pselaphelia flavivitta (Walker, 1862)	Trichilia emetica	Meliaceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 96 (as dentifera)
Pselaphelia flavivitta (Walker, 1862)	Trichilia emetica	Meliaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 98
Pselaphelia flavivitta (Walker, 1862)	Trichilia lineata	Meliaceae	South Africa	Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. page 50

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Pselaphelia flavivitta (1)

Pselaphelia flavivitta (2)

Pselaphelia flavivitta (3)

Pselaphelia flavivitta (4)

Pselaphelia flavivitta (5)

Pselaphelia dentifera (1)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Pselaphelia conspersa (Aurivillius, 1893)	(Aurivillius, 1893)	species	Synonym	Tagoropsis conspersa
Pselaphelia dentifera (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)	(Maassen & Weymer, 1885)	species	Synonym	Copaxa dentifera