Streblote capensis (Aurivillius, 1905)

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FAMILY Lasiocampidae
SUBFAMILY Lasiocampinae
GENUS Streblote
SPECIES capensis
AUTHOR(Aurivillius, 1905)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONTaragama 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 PUBLICATIONPAGE
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