Casama hemippa (Swinhoe, 1906)

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Lymantriinae (subfamily)/  Orgyiini (tribe)/  Casama (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Swinhoe, 1906)
Citation:	Laelia hemippa, nov.
Original genus:	Laelia
Publication:	Swinhoe C. 1906b. Eastern and African Heterocera.
Journal:	Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Volume:	(7) 17
Issue:	102
Pagination:	543–544
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19245761

Casama hemippa (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Casama hemippa (Swinhoe, 1906)	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.	Kenya	[Kenya], Machakos, leg. R. Crawshay.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Casama hemippa (Swinhoe, 1906)	Djibouti		Dall'Asta U. 1977. Lymantriidae. – In: Rougeot P. C., Missions entomologiques en Ethiopie 1973–1975. Fascicule 1. page 41
Casama hemippa (Swinhoe, 1906)	Eritrea		Berio E. 1939b. Contributi alla conoscenza dei lepidotteri eteroceri dell'Eritrea II. Eteroceri raccolti dal cap. Antonio Richini e famiglia nella zona di Adua. page 165
Casama hemippa (Swinhoe, 1906)	Kenya		Swinhoe C. 1906b. Eastern and African Heterocera. page 544

Plant note:

Description of the larva in A. L. H. Townsend (1937: 119).

Townsend A. L. H. 1937. Miscellaneous notes on the early stages of certain Heterocera.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Casama hemippa (Swinhoe, 1906)	Acacia drepanolobium	Fabaceae	Kenya	Agassiz D. J. L. & Harper D. M. 2009. The Macrolepidoptera fauna of Acacia in the Kenyan Rift Valley (Part 1). page 7
Casama hemippa (Swinhoe, 1906)	Acacia sp.	Fabaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 181
Casama hemippa (Swinhoe, 1906)	Acacia sp.	Fabaceae	Kenya	Townsend A. L. H. 1942. Further notes (No. 3) on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. page 202
Casama hemippa (Swinhoe, 1906)	Vachellia tortilis	Fabaceae	Kenya	Townsend A. L. H. 1937. Miscellaneous notes on the early stages of certain Heterocera. page 119 (as Acacia thorn tree)
Casama hemippa (Swinhoe, 1906)	Vachellia xanthophloea	Fabaceae	Kenya	Agassiz D. J. L. & Harper D. M. 2009. The Macrolepidoptera fauna of Acacia in the Kenyan Rift Valley (Part 1). page 7

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Casama hemippa (1)

Casama hemippa (2)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination