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Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Arctiini (tribe)/  Teracotona (genus)/  Teracotona (subgenus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Walker, 1865)
Citation:Aloa rhodophaea
Original genus:Aloa
Publication:Walker F. 1865a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXI.– Supplement.
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Volume:31 (1864)
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Pagination:302–303
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38916859
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Teracotona rhodophaea (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865) Holotype ♀ NHMUK Holotype ♀, NHMUK. Botswana [Botswana], Lake Ngami, leg. Andersen.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865) Botswana Walker F. 1865a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXI.– Supplement. page 303
Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865) Djibouti Toulgoët H. de 1977a. Arctiidae et Nolidae. – In: Rougeot P. C., Missions entomologiques en Ethiopie 1973–1975. Fascicule 1. page 72 (as pallidior)
Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865) Eritrea Berio E. 1939a. Contributi alla conoscenza dei lepidotteri eteroceri dell'Eritrea I. Lista delle specie con descrizioni delle nuove entità raccolte negli anni 1934 al 1937 dal sig. Francesco Vaccaro. page 49
Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865) Kenya Hampson G. F. 1901d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. III. Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae. page 470
Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865) Namibia page H. Roland
Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865) Nigeria page MGCL
Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865) Senegal Gaede M. 1923. Alte und neue Arctiinae des Berliner Zoologischen Museums. page 15 (as irregularis)
Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865) Somalia 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 21
Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865) South Africa Kühne L. 2007d. Arctiidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). – In Mey, W. (ed.) The Lepidoptera of the Brandberg Massif in Namibia. Part 2. page 216
Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865) South Africa Limpopo Spitsyn V. M., Spitsyna E. A. & Bolotov I. N. 2022a. Life history of the African tiger moth Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). page 99
Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Spitsyn V. M., Spitsyna E. A. & Bolotov I. N. 2022a. Life history of the African tiger moth Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). page 99
Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865) Tanzania Strand E. 1912o. Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn G. Tessmann nach süd-Kamerun und Spanisch-Guinea. Lepidoptera III. (Arctiidae etc.). page 105
Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865) Togo Strand E. 1919b. Arctiidae: Subfam. Arctiinae. – In: Wagner, H. (Ed.) Lepidopterorum Catalogus. Pars 22. page 349 (as quadripunctata)
Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865) Uganda Sevastopulo D. G. 1957c. Notes on the Heterocera of Kampala and neighbourhood (IV). page 134
Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865) Zambia Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. page 395
Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865) Zimbabwe Strand E. 1919b. Arctiidae: Subfam. Arctiinae. – In: Wagner, H. (Ed.) Lepidopterorum Catalogus. Pars 22. page 349
Plant note:

In captivity, the larva accepts a wide variety of host plants. Description of the larva in Spitsyn et al. (2022a: 97–99).

Spitsyn V. M., Spitsyna E. A. & Bolotov I. N. 2022a. Life history of the African tiger moth Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae).
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865) Commelina sp. Commelinaceae 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
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Teracotona debilis (Felder, 1874) (Felder, 1874) species Synonym Macronyx debilis
Teracotona irregularis (Gaede, 1923) (Gaede, 1923) species Synonym Acantharctia irregularis
Teracotona pallidior Niepelt, 1937 Niepelt, 1937 species Synonym Teracotona pallidior
Teracotona rhodophoea (Pinhey, 1975) (Pinhey, 1975) species Misapplied Aloa rhodophoea
Teracotona rodophaea Gaede, 1926 Gaede, 1926 species Misapplied Teracotona rodophaea