Dasychira pennatula (Fabricius, 1793)

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Permalink:	DASYPENN
Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Lymantriinae (subfamily)/  Lymantriini (tribe)/  Dasychira (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Fabricius, 1793)
Citation:	[Bombyx] pennatula
Original genus:	Bombyx
Publication:	Fabricius J. C. 1793. Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus.
Journal:	—
Volume:	3
Issue:	1
Pagination:	465
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55388160

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Dasychira pennatula (Fabricius, 1793)		unknown		Not stated.		Not stated; "Habitat in Plantagine".

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Dasychira pennatula (Fabricius, 1793)	Cameroon		Hering E. M. 1926–1927. Pterothysanidae, Lymantriidae, Brahmaeidae. – In: Seitz, A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Die Afrikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer. page 197
Dasychira pennatula (Fabricius, 1793)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	North Kivu	Debauche H. R. 1942. Lepidoptera, Heterocera. Exploration du Parc National Albert. Mission G. F. De Witte (1933–1935). page 25
Dasychira pennatula (Fabricius, 1793)	Kenya		Townsend A. L. H. 1942. Further notes (No. 3) on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. page 200
Dasychira pennatula (Fabricius, 1793)	South Africa		Hering E. M. 1926–1927. Pterothysanidae, Lymantriidae, Brahmaeidae. – In: Seitz, A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Die Afrikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer. page 197
Dasychira pennatula (Fabricius, 1793)	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Taylor J. S. 1968b. Notes on some South African Lepidoptera. page 151
Dasychira pennatula (Fabricius, 1793)	Zimbabwe		Pinhey E. C. G. 1960. The larvae of some moths reared by Mr. D. K. B. Wheeler at Syringa Farm, Southern Rhodesia. Part I. page 498

Plant note:

Description of the larva in A. L. H. Townsend (1942: 200–201).

Townsend A. L. H. 1942. Further notes (No. 3) on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Dasychira pennatula (Fabricius, 1793)	Cenchrus purpureus	Poaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 183 (as Pennisetum)
Dasychira pennatula (Fabricius, 1793)	Hyparrhenia dissoluta	Poaceae	Zimbabwe	Pinhey E. C. G. 1960. The larvae of some moths reared by Mr. D. K. B. Wheeler at Syringa Farm, Southern Rhodesia. Part I. page 499
Dasychira pennatula (Fabricius, 1793)	Hyparrhenia sp.	Poaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 183
Dasychira pennatula (Fabricius, 1793)	Saccharum officinarum	Poaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 183
Dasychira pennatula (Fabricius, 1793)	Triticum aestivum	Poaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 183 (as T. sativum)
Dasychira pennatula (Fabricius, 1793)	Undefined Grasses	Undefined	South Africa	Taylor J. S. 1968b. Notes on some South African Lepidoptera. page 151
Dasychira pennatula (Fabricius, 1793)	Undefined Grasses	Undefined	Kenya	Townsend A. L. H. 1942. Further notes (No. 3) on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. page 200
Dasychira pennatula (Fabricius, 1793)	Undefined Grasses	Undefined	Uganda	Sevastopulo D. G. 1957d. Notes on the Heterocera of Kampala and neighbourhood (V). page 280

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