Balacra rattrayi (Rothschild, 1910)

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Thyretina (subtribe)/  Balacra (genus)/  Balacra (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Rothschild, 1910)
Citation:	Metapiconoma rattrayi sp. nov.
Original genus:	Metapiconoma
Publication:	Rothschild W. 1910c. Descriptions of new Syntomidae.
Journal:	Novitates Zoologicae
Volume:	17
Issue:	3
Pagination:	444
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3108923

Balacra rattrayi (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Balacra rattrayi (Rothschild, 1910)	Syntype	♂	NHMUK	Syntypes 6♂, NHMUK.	Uganda	Uganda, Entebbe, ix.1901–xi.1902, leg. Rattray.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Balacra rattrayi (Rothschild, 1910)	Burundi		Kiriakoff S. G. 1973a. Neue oder wenig bekannte Thyretidae (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). page 50
Balacra rattrayi (Rothschild, 1910)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	North Kivu	Kiriakoff S. G. 1953a. Les Thyretidae du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). page 61
Balacra rattrayi (Rothschild, 1910)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the		Kiriakoff S. G. 1954e. Explorations du Parc National de l'Upemba. Lepidoptera Heterocera. page 29
Balacra rattrayi (Rothschild, 1910)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Orientale	Kiriakoff S. G. 1953a. Les Thyretidae du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). page 61
Balacra rattrayi (Rothschild, 1910)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	Pinhey E. C. G. 1962a. New or little known Lepidoptera from central Africa. page 877
Balacra rattrayi (Rothschild, 1910)	Gabon		Durante A. & Potenza L. 2015. Novitates from Gabon (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Syntomini, Thyretina). page 261
Balacra rattrayi (Rothschild, 1910)	Kenya		Aurivillius C. 1921b. Sammlungen der schwedischen Elgon-Expedition im Jahre 1920. 1. Lepidopteren. page 22
Balacra rattrayi (Rothschild, 1910)	Rwanda		Kiriakoff S. G. 1953a. Les Thyretidae du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). page 61
Balacra rattrayi (Rothschild, 1910)	Uganda		Rothschild W. 1910c. Descriptions of new Syntomidae. page 444

Plant note:

Pelargonium sp. in captivity (see M. Fontaine 1992: 114).

Fontaine M. 1992. Description des premiers états de quelques espèces de Lépidoptères Hétérocères africains.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Balacra rattrayi (Rothschild, 1910)	Albuca virens	Asparagaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 177 (as Ornithogalum sordida)
Balacra rattrayi (Rothschild, 1910)	Canavalia ensiformis	Fabaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 177
Balacra rattrayi (Rothschild, 1910)	Musa x paradisiaca	Musaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 177 (as Musa sapientum)

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Balacra rattrayi (1)

Balacra rattrayi (2)

Balacra rattrayi (3)

Balacra rattrayi (4)

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