Sena prompta plusioides Walker, 1862
FAMILY | Lasiocampidae |
SUBFAMILY | Lasiocampinae |
GENUS | Sena |
SPECIES | prompta |
SUBSPECIES | plusioides |
AUTHOR | Walker, 1862 |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Sena plusioides |
TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal], Natal, leg. W. W. Saunders. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, type no 676, OUMNH. |
STATUS | Subspecies |
PUBLICATION | Walker F. 1862c. Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera in the collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London (3) 1:70-128, 263-279. |
PAGINATION |
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Species pictures


Synonyms
NAME | AUTHOR | STATUS |
rufotincta | (Strand, 1909) | Synonym of subspecies |
Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
South Africa | Vári L., Kroon D. M. & Krüger M. 2002. Classification and checklist of the species of Lepidoptera recorded in Southern Africa. - — :i-xxi, 1-385. | LepIndex | |
Tanzania | Strand E. 1909g. Über einige Schmetterlinge aus Kibwezi in British Ost-Afrika, nebst Bemerkungen über afrikanische Beralade-Arten. - Archiv für Naturgeschichte 75(1):367-374. | 374 |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Fabaceae | Acacia karroo | 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 | |
Fabaceae | Acacia tortilis | 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 | |
Fabaceae | Acacia gerrardii | 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 | |
Acanthaceae | Ruellia cordata | 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 |