Sena prompta prompta (Walker, 1855)
| FAMILY | Lasiocampidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Lasiocampinae |
| GENUS | Sena |
| SPECIES | prompta |
| SUBSPECIES | prompta |
| AUTHOR | (Walker, 1855) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Lasiocampa prompta |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa], Caffraria. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, BMNH. |
| STATUS | Subspecies |
| 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 | 1437-1438 |
Synonyms
| NAME | AUTHOR | STATUS |
| interjecta | (Aurivillius, 1909) | Synonym of subspecies |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| South Africa | Walker F. 1855b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IV.- Lepidoptera Heterocera. - — 4:i-iv, 777-976. | 1438 | |
| South Africa | Western Cape | Maclean M. 2015. Observations on larval feeding of Sena prompta prompta (Walker, 1855) (Lasiocampidae), with evidence of possible aphytophagous behaviour and multiple host plant usage. - Metamorphosis 26:60-61. | 60 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| 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. | 94 |
