Stoermeriana basale (Walker, 1855)
FAMILY | Lasiocampidae |
SUBFAMILY | Lasiocampinae |
GENUS | Stoermeriana |
SPECIES | basale |
AUTHOR | (Walker, 1855) |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Megasoma basale |
TYPE LOCALITY | Sierra Leone. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, BMNH. |
STATUS | Species |
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 | 1448 |
Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Kenya | Le Cerf F. 1922c. Voyage de Mr. le Baron Maurice de Rothschild en Ethiopie et en Afrique orientale anglaise (1904-1905). Lépidoptères. Hétérocères. - — :387-482, pls 40-43. | 464 | |
Sierra Leone | 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. | 1448 |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Euphorbiaceae | Sapium ellipticum | East Africa | Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 - moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 34(309):175-184. | 184 |
Fabaceae | Albizia sp. | East Africa | Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 - moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 34(309):175-184. | 184 |