Leipoxais rufobrunnea Strand, 1912

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FAMILY Lasiocampidae
SUBFAMILY Lasiocampinae
GENUS Leipoxais
SPECIES rufobrunnea
AUTHORStrand, 1912
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONLeipoxais rufibrunnea Strand n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY[Equatorial Guinea], Nkolentangan, e.l. 06.xii.1907, 11.x.1908, leg. G. Tessmann.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Syntypes 1♂, 2♀, MfN.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION 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.
PAGINATION 132-133

Species pictures

Synonyms

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
punctulata Holland, 1920 Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Cameroon   Holland W. J. 1920. Lepidoptera of the Congo, being a systematic list of the butterflies and moths collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, together with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species. - Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 43(6):109-369, pls 6-14. 321 (as punctulata)
Central African Republic     P. Basquin
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Orientale Holland W. J. 1920. Lepidoptera of the Congo, being a systematic list of the butterflies and moths collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, together with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species. - Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 43(6):109-369, pls 6-14. 321 (as punctulata)
Côte d'Ivoire   Basquin P. 2016b. Premières données sur les Lasiocampidae du Mont Tonkoui (République de Côte d'Ivoire). - Saturnafrica 24:33-46, pls 1-5. 35
Equatorial Guinea   Strand E. 1912k. Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn G. Tessmann nach Süd-Kamerun und Spanisch Guinea. Lepidoptera I. (Saturniidae, Brahmaeidae, Striphnopterygidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Syntomididae [sic], Hypsidae und Agaristidae). - Archiv für Naturgeschichte 78 (A)(6):139-197, pl. 2. 132
Gabon   Joannou J. G. & Kühne L. 2008. Lasiocampidae. - In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). - — :125-134. 132
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. 49
Kenya   Joannou J. G. & Kühne L. 2008. Lasiocampidae. - In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). - — :125-134. 132
Tanzania     P. Basquin
Uganda   Joannou J. G. & Kühne L. 2008. Lasiocampidae. - In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). - — :125-134. 132

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Araucariaceae Agathis robusta 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. 94 (as A. palmerstonii)
Lauraceae Cinnamomum camphora 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. 94