Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Arctiini (tribe)/  Teracotona (genus)/  Teracotona (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Hampson, 1900
Citation:	Teracotona euprepia, n. sp.
Original genus:	Teracotona
Publication:	Hampson G. F. 1900c. The moths of South Africa (Part 1).
Journal:	Annals of the South African Museum
Volume:	2
Issue:	3
Pagination:	58–59
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30026742

Teracotona euprepia (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900	Lectotype	♂	NHMUK	Lectotype ♂, designated by H. Tougoët (1980a: 6), NHMUK	Zimbabwe	[Zimbabwe], Mashonaland, Salisbury [Harare], xi.1898, leg. G. A. K. Marshall.	Toulgoët H. de 1980a. Description de nouvelles arctiides africaines (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) (5e note). page 58–59
Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900	Lectotype	♂	NHMUK	Paralectotypes 2♂, NHMUK.	Zimbabwe	[Zimbabwe], Mashonaland, Salisbury [Harare], xi.1898, leg. G. A. K. Marshall.	Toulgoët H. de 1980a. Description de nouvelles arctiides africaines (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) (5e note). page 58–59

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900	Angola		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 169
Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. page 395
Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	North Kivu	Kiriakoff S. G. 1963a. Exploration du Parc Albert. Deuxième série. Lepidoptera Heterocera (partim). page 108
Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900	Malawi		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 169
Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900	Mozambique		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 169
Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900	South Africa		Gaede M. 1926b. Arctiidae, Subfamilien Hypsinae, Micrarctiinae, Spilosominae, etc. – In: Seitz, A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Die Afrikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer. page 110
Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900	Tanzania		Goodger D. T. & Watson A. 1995. The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths. An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnoses and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 20 (as bicolor)
Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900	Uganda		Gaede M. 1926b. Arctiidae, Subfamilien Hypsinae, Micrarctiinae, Spilosominae, etc. – In: Seitz, A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Die Afrikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer. page 110
Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900	Zambia		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 169
Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900	Zimbabwe		Hampson G. F. 1900c. The moths of South Africa (Part 1). page 59
Teracotona euprepia bicolor Toulgoët, 1980	Malawi		Toulgoët H. de 1980a. Description de nouvelles arctiides africaines (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) (5e note). page 6
Teracotona euprepia bicolor Toulgoët, 1980	Tanzania		Goodger D. T. & Watson A. 1995. The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths. An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnoses and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 20
Teracotona euprepia euprepia Hampson, 1900	Angola		Goodger D. T. & Watson A. 1995. The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths. An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnoses and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 20
Teracotona euprepia euprepia Hampson, 1900	South Africa		Goodger D. T. & Watson A. 1995. The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths. An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnoses and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 20
Teracotona euprepia euprepia Hampson, 1900	Zimbabwe		Hampson G. F. 1900c. The moths of South Africa (Part 1). page 59

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900	Aster sp.	Asteraceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 178
Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900	Bidens sp.	Asteraceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 178
Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900	Commelina sp.	Commelinaceae	Uganda	Sevastopulo D. G. 1957c. Notes on the Heterocera of Kampala and neighbourhood (IV). page 134
Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900	Justicia sp.	Acanthaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 178
Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900	Nicotiana sp.	Solanaceae		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 169
Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900	Nicotiana tabacum	Solanaceae		Goodger D. T. & Watson A. 1995. The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths. An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnoses and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 27
Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900	Zinnia sp.	Asteraceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 178

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Teracotona euprepia (1)

Teracotona euprepia (2)

Teracotona euprepia (3)

Teracotona euprepia (4)

Teracotona euprepia (7)

Teracotona euprepia bicolor (1)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Teracotona euprepia bicolor Toulgoët, 1980	Toulgoët, 1980	subspecies	Accepted	Teracotona euprepia bicolor
Teracotona euprepia euprepia Hampson, 1900	Hampson, 1900	subspecies	Accepted	Teracotona euprepia euprepia

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination