Ammacosola simplex (Aurivillius, 1905)
| FAMILY | Lasiocampidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Lasiocampinae |
| GENUS | Ammacosola |
| SPECIES | simplex |
| AUTHOR | (Aurivillius, 1905) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Beralade (Chilena) simplex, n. sp. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal], Natal, Durban, leg. Bowker. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | Latitude: -29°51'31" Longitude: 31°1'18" |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, BMNH. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Aurivillius C. 1905a. New African Lasiocampidae in the British Museum. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1905(3):313-326, pl. xvi. |
| PAGINATION | 321 (key), 322; pl. 16, fig. 6 |
Species pictures
Synonyms
| NAME | AUTHOR | STATUS |
| pygmula | (Strand, 1911) | Synonym of species |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | Aurivillius C. 1905a. New African Lasiocampidae in the British Museum. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1905(3):313-326, pl. xvi. | 322 |
| Zimbabwe | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | 120 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Anacardiaceae | Rhus sp. | South Africa | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | |
| Anacardiaceae | Rhus villosa | South Africa | Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. - South African Journal of Natural History 3(1):65-138. | 90 |
