Gonobombyx angulata Aurivillius, 1893
FAMILY | Lasiocampidae |
SUBFAMILY | Lasiocampinae |
GENUS | Gonobombyx |
SPECIES | angulata |
AUTHOR | Aurivillius, 1893 |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Gonobombyx angulata n. sp. |
TYPE LOCALITY | Cameroon. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Syntypes ♂, ♀, SNHM. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Aurivillius C. 1893. Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika. - Entomologisk Tidskrift 14(3):199-214. |
PAGINATION | 214 |
Species pictures




Synonyms
NAME | AUTHOR | STATUS |
fulva | (Holland, 1893) | Synonym of species |
vespertilio | Weymer, 1909 | Synonym of species |
Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Cameroon | Aurivillius C. 1893. Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika. - Entomologisk Tidskrift 14(3):199-214. | 214 | |
Central African Republic | P. Basquin | ||
Equatorial Guinea | Strand E. 1912l. Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn G. Tessmann nach Süd-Kamerun und Spanisch-Guinea. Lepidoptera II. (Lasiocampidae). - Archiv für Naturgeschichte 78 (A)(7):112-148. | 142 | |
Gabon | Holland W. J. 1893a. Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera. - Psyche 6(201):373-376, 393-400, 411-418, 431-434, 451-454, 469-476 (…) 549-552, 565-568, pls 10, 17, 18, 20, 21. | 538 (as fulva) | |
Ghana | Ochse M., Safian Sz., Mey W., Zolotuhin V. V. & Prozorov A. M. 2014. Lepidoptera research in the Afrotropics: results of the 2011 workshop and field trip in Ghana, West-Africa. - Entomologische Zeitschrift 124(1):41-53. | 48 | |
Nigeria | Pujol R. 1957. Etude préliminaire des principaux insectes nuisibles aux colatiers. - Journal d'Agriculture tropicale et de Botanique appliquée 4(5-6):241-264. | 253 | |
Tanzania | Weymer G. W. 1909. Exotische Lepidopteren. - Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 22:1-35. | 20 (as vespertilio |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Malvaceae | Cola sp. | Nigeria | Pujol R. 1957. Etude préliminaire des principaux insectes nuisibles aux colatiers. - Journal d'Agriculture tropicale et de Botanique appliquée 4(5-6):241-264. | 253 |
Burseraceae | Canarium schweinfurthii | 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 |
Rhamnaceae | Maesopsis eminii | 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 |
Rhamnaceae | Ziziphus abyssinica | 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 |