Streblote capensis (Aurivillius, 1905)
FAMILY | Lasiocampidae |
SUBFAMILY | Lasiocampinae |
GENUS | Streblote |
SPECIES | capensis |
AUTHOR | (Aurivillius, 1905) |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Taragama capensis, n. sp. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa, Western Cape], Cape Colony, Brak Kloof, iv, leg. White. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, BMNH. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Aurivillius C. 1905a. New African Lasiocampidae in the British Museum. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1905(3):313-326, pl. xvi. |
PAGINATION | 315; pl. 16, fig. 11 |
Species pictures

Synonyms
NAME | AUTHOR | STATUS |
rangei | (Gaede, 1915) | Synonym of species |
Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Namibia | Gaede M. 1915d. Lepidoptera von Herrn P. Range im Nama-Land, Deutsch S. W. Afrika, gesammelt. - Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 29:144-148. | 147 (as rangei) | |
South Africa | Western Cape | Aurivillius C. 1905a. New African Lasiocampidae in the British Museum. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1905(3):313-326, pl. xvi. | 315 |
South Africa | Eastern Cape | TMSA |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Fabaceae | Acacia mollissima | South Africa | Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. - South African Journal of Natural History 3(1):65-138. | 67 |
Rosaceae | Prunus persica | South Africa | Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. - South African Journal of Natural History 3(1):65-138. | 89 |