Racinoa signicosta (Strand, 1910)

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FAMILY Bombycidae
SUBFAMILY Bombycinae
GENUS Racinoa
SPECIES signicosta
AUTHOR(Strand, 1910)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONOcinara signicosta Strand n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY[Tanzania], D.-O.-Afrika, Ssongea, leg. Zimmermann.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, MfN.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Strand E. 1910b. Die Afrikanischen Ocinara-Arten des Berliner Museums. - Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 55:145-156.
PAGINATION 151-152 Bhl

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Mozambique   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 109
Tanzania   Strand E. 1910b. Die Afrikanischen Ocinara-Arten des Berliner Museums. - Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 55:145-156. 151
Uganda   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 109
Zambia   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 109
Zimbabwe   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 109

Notes:  The record of Ethiopia (Rougeot 1984: 57) needs confirmation.

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Moraceae Ficus 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. 109
Moraceae Morus alba East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. 95