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Mauna filia (Cramer, 1780)

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Higher taxa: Geometridae (family)/  Ennominae (subfamily)/  Odontoperini (tribe)/  Mauna (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Cramer, 1780)
Citation:Phal.[aena] Noct.[ua] Filia
Original genus:Noctua
Publication:Cramer P. 1779–1780. De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America, by een verzameld en beschreeven door den heer Pieter Cramer (etc.).
Journal:—
Volume:3
Issue:17–24
Pagination:128, 175 (index); pl. cclxiv, fig. D
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42136620
Name(English):Protea looper
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Mauna filia (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Mauna filia (Cramer, 1780) unknown Presumed lost (see M. Krüger 2014: 81). South Africa South Africa, Western Cape, Kaap de Goede Hoop. Krüger M. 2014. A revision of the Mauna Walker, 1865 and Illa Warren, 1914 group of genera (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae: Nacophorini). page 128, 175 (index); pl. cclxiv, fig. D
Plant note:

Leaf-eater on Protea sp. (see A. C. Myburgh & D. J. Rust 1975: 58).

Myburgh A. C. & Rust D. J. 1975. A survey of pests of the Proteaceae in the western and southern Cape Province.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Mauna filia (Cramer, 1780) Leucospermum sp. Proteaceae South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 692
Mauna filia (Cramer, 1780) Protea caffra Proteaceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 89 (as P. multibracteata)
Mauna filia (Cramer, 1780) Protea sp. Proteaceae South Africa Myburgh A. C. & Rust D. J. 1975. A survey of pests of the Proteaceae in the western and southern Cape Province. page 58
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
Mauna acuminata Walker, 1865 Walker, 1865 species Synonym Mauna acuminata
Mauna scelestaria (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) species Synonym Merida scelestaria