Braura truncatum (Walker, 1855)

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FAMILY Lasiocampidae
SUBFAMILY Lasiocampinae
GENUS Braura
SPECIES truncatum
AUTHOR(Walker, 1855)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONMegasoma truncatum
TYPE LOCALITYSouth Africa.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, BMNH.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Walker F. 1855d. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VI.- Lepidoptera Heterocera. - — 6:i-iv, 1259-1507.
PAGINATION 1451 Bhl

Species pictures

Synonyms

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
plagiogramma (Mabille, 1880) Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Angola   Zolotuhin V. V. & Gurkovich A. V. 2009a. A review of the genus Pachypasa Walker, 1855 sensu lato in Africa (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). - Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 63:1-75, pls 1-18. 44
Mozambique   Zolotuhin V. V. & Gurkovich A. V. 2009a. A review of the genus Pachypasa Walker, 1855 sensu lato in Africa (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). - Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 63:1-75, pls 1-18. 44
Saudi Arabia   Wiltshire E. P. 1982a. Insects of Saudi Arabia. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Zygaenidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Bombycidae, Sphingidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Thyretidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae (Part 2). - Fauna of Saudi Arabia 4:271-331. 278
South Africa Eastern Cape Taylor J. S. & Cresswell E. E. 1940. Notes on some South African Lepidoptera. - Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 3(1):179-191. 180
South Africa Limpopo   TMSA
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Ossowski L. L. J. 1952. Notes on insects observed during the period 1949-4952. - — 1952:51-58.  
South Africa   Walker F. 1855d. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VI.- Lepidoptera Heterocera. - — 6:i-iv, 1259-1507. 1451
Tanzania   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 124
Zimbabwe   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 124

Notes:  The record of Madagascar (Mabille 1880: 314) is erroneous (see Y. Lajonquière 1972: 207).

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Fabaceae Acacia mollissima 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. 67
Fabaceae Acacia karroo South Africa Taylor J. S. 1949. Notes on Lepidoptera in the Eastern Cape Province (Part 1). - Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 12(1):78-95, 2 pls. 86
Fabaceae Acacia sp. South Africa Taylor J. S. & Cresswell E. E. 1940. Notes on some South African Lepidoptera. - Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 3(1):179-191. 180

*   Can be found in large clusters in the forks of branches, under cover at the base of the trunk, or under stones on the ground nearby (see J. S. Taylor & E. E. Cresswell 1940: 180).