Pseudometa choba (Druce, 1899)

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FAMILY	Lasiocampidae
SUBFAMILY	Lasiocampinae
GENUS	Pseudometa
SPECIES	choba
AUTHOR	(Druce, 1899)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Taragama choba, sp. n.
TYPE LOCALITY	[Nigeria], W Africa, Lagos, leg. A. Moloney.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	Latitude: 6°27'11" Longitude: 3°23'45" Toggle map
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 1358♂, BMNH.
STATUS	Species
COMMENT	Transferred to Pseudometa by W. T. H. Tams (1925d: 552).
PUBLICATION	Druce H. 1899a. Descriptions of some new species of Heterocera from tropical America, Africa, and the Eastern Islands. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 3(15):228-236; (18): 465-474.
PAGINATION	473

Synonyms

NAME	AUTHOR	STATUS
nigricans	Aurivillius, 1925	Synonym of species
tenebra	(Bethune-Baker, 1911)	Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the		Aurivillius C. 1925c. Om F. Bryks samlingar i Ost-Afrika. - Entomologisk Tidskrift 46:206-212.	1292 (as nigricans)
Ghana		Joannou J. G. & Kühne L. 2008. Lasiocampidae. - In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). - — :125-134.	131
Kenya		Joannou J. G. & Kühne L. 2008. Lasiocampidae. - In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). - — :125-134.	131
Nigeria		Druce H. 1899a. Descriptions of some new species of Heterocera from tropical America, Africa, and the Eastern Islands. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 3(15):228-236; (18): 465-474.	473
Tanzania		Joannou J. G. & Kühne L. 2008. Lasiocampidae. - In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). - — :125-134.	131
Uganda		Joannou J. G. & Kühne L. 2008. Lasiocampidae. - In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). - — :125-134.	131
Zambia		Joannou J. G. & Kühne L. 2008. Lasiocampidae. - In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). - — :125-134.	131

Host Plants