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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
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 Eastern Cape Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 272
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) South Africa Mpumalanga Van den Berg M. A. 1974d. Pouoogmotte (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) van die Nasionale Krugerwildtuin. page 163
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
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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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