Ceryx pterophorina (Mabille, 1892)

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Syntomina (subtribe)/  Ceryx (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Mabille, 1892)
Citation:	Synthomis [sic] pterophorina, n. sp.
Original genus:	Syntomis
Publication:	Mabille P. 1892c. Six Lépidoptères Hétérocères d'Afrique.
Journal:	Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France
Volume:	61
Issue:
Pagination:	cxxxix
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8255853

Ceryx pterophorina (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Ceryx by J. J. de Freina & W. De Prins (2022a: 91).

de Freina J. J. & De Prins W. 2022a. Nomenclatural notes on Ceryx Wallengren, 1863, Trichaeta Swinhoe, 1892 and Agaphthora Meyrick, 1886 stat. rest. (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Syntomini).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Ceryx pterophorina (Mabille, 1892)	Holotype	♂	MfN	Holotype ♂, MfN (see P. Viette & D. S. Fletcher 1968: 408).	South Africa	South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, Verulam, leg. A. J. Spiller.	Viette P. & Fletcher D. S. 1968. The types of Lepidoptera Heterocera described by P. Mabille. page cxxxix

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Ceryx pterophorina (Mabille, 1892)	Botswana		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 161
Ceryx pterophorina (Mabille, 1892)	Congo		Zerny H. 1912b. Syntomidae. – In: Wagner, H. (Ed.): Lepidopterorum Catalogus. page 11
Ceryx pterophorina (Mabille, 1892)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the		Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. page 389
Ceryx pterophorina (Mabille, 1892)	Malawi		page MfN
Ceryx pterophorina (Mabille, 1892)	Mozambique		Breyer H. G. 1917. Notes on expedition to Gazaland, along the Limpopo river, 29th June to 12th August, 1916. page 289
Ceryx pterophorina (Mabille, 1892)	Somalia		Berio E. 1941c. Elenco di lepidotteri eteroceri raccolti da Querci-Romei in Somalia con diagnosi di nuove specie. page 118
Ceryx pterophorina (Mabille, 1892)	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Mabille P. 1892c. Six Lépidoptères Hétérocères d'Afrique. page cxxxix
Ceryx pterophorina (Mabille, 1892)	South Africa	Western Cape	Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 161
Ceryx pterophorina (Mabille, 1892)	Zambia		Strand E. 1909h. Schmetterlinge aus dem Sambesi-Gebiet, gesammelt und dem Berliner Museum geschenkt von Herrn Franz Seiner. page 379
Ceryx pterophorina (Mabille, 1892)	Zimbabwe		Hampson G. F. 1898a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. Syntomidae. page 54

Plant note:

On the flowers (see D. G. Sevastopulo 1975: 175).

Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera).

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Ceryx pterophorina (Mabille, 1892)	Saccharum sp.	Poaceae		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 161
Ceryx pterophorina (Mabille, 1892)	Zinnia sp.	Asteraceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 175

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Ceryx pterophorina (1)

Ceryx pterophorina (2)

Ceryx pterophorina (3)

Ceryx pterophorina (4)

Ceryx pterophorina (5)

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