Spiramiopsis comma Hampson, 1901
FAMILY | Brahmaeidae |
SUBFAMILY | |
GENUS | Spiramiopsis |
SPECIES | comma |
AUTHOR | Hampson, 1901 |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Spiramiopsis comma, n. sp. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa, Eastern Cape], C.[ape] Colony, Grahamstown, Kowie River, leg. Becker. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, BMNH. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Hampson G. F. 1901a. A classification of a new family of the Lepidoptera. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1901(2):187-192. |
PAGINATION |
191-192, fig.
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Species pictures

Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
South Africa | Eastern Cape | Hampson G. F. 1901a. A classification of a new family of the Lepidoptera. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1901(2):187-192. | 192 |
South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | 129 |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Apocynaceae | Secamone sp. | South Africa | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | 129 |
Apocynaceae | Secamone gerardii | 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. | 92 |