Pselaphelia flavivitta (Walker, 1862)
| FAMILY | Saturniidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Saturniinae |
| GENUS | Pselaphelia |
| SPECIES | flavivitta |
| AUTHOR | (Walker, 1862) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Antheroea [sic] flavivitta |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal], Natal. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♀, type no LEP 1979, OUMNH. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Walker F. 1862c. Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera in the collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London (3) 1:70-128, 263-279. |
| PAGINATION |
275-276
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Species pictures
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Kenya | Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. - — :i-xi, 1-150, pls 1-43. | 50 | |
| Mozambique | Aurivillius C. 1893. Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika. - Entomologisk Tidskrift 14(3):199-214. | 203 (as conspersa) | |
| South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | Walker F. 1862c. Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera in the collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London (3) 1:70-128, 263-279. | 276 |
| South Africa | Mpumalanga | Van den Berg M. A. 1974d. Pouoogmotte (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) van die Nasionale Krugerwildtuin. - Koedoe 17(1):159-172. | 163 |
| Tanzania | Darge Ph. 2008c. A provisional checklist of the Saturniidae (Emperor Moths) of Tanzania (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). - Saturnafrica 1:25-30. | 29 | |
| Zambia | Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910(2):388-510, pls 36-41. | 480 (as dentifera) | |
| Zimbabwe | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | 111 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Meliaceae | Trichilia emetica | 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. | 96 (as dentifera) |
| Zingiberaceae | Afromomum sp. | South Africa | Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. - — :i-xi, 1-150, pls 1-43. | 50 |
| Meliaceae | Trichilia lineata | South Africa | Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. - — :i-xi, 1-150, pls 1-43. | 50 |
| Meliaceae | Trichilia emetica | 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. | 98 |
