Gonometa fulvida (Distant, 1897)
FAMILY | Lasiocampidae |
SUBFAMILY | Lasiocampinae |
GENUS | Gonometa |
SPECIES | fulvida |
AUTHOR | (Distant, 1897) |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Caphara fulvida, sp. n. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa, Gauteng], Transvaal, Pretoria, leg. Zutrzenka. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | Latitude: -25°44'44" Longitude: 28°11'18" |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♀, BMNH. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Distant W. L. 1897d. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 20:197-211. |
PAGINATION |
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Species pictures


Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Botswana | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | 126 | |
Kenya | Gardner J. C. M. 1957. An annotated list of East African forest insects. - — :1-47. | 35 | |
South Africa | Gauteng | Distant W. L. 1897d. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 20:197-211. | 207 |
Zimbabwe | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | 126 |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Fabaceae | Acacia mollissima | Kenya | Gardner J. C. M. 1957. An annotated list of East African forest insects. - — :1-47. | 35 |
Fabaceae | Acacia mearnsii | East Africa | Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. | 95 |