Usta angulata Rothschild, 1895

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FAMILY Saturniidae
SUBFAMILY Saturniinae
GENUS Usta
SPECIES angulata
AUTHORRothschild, 1895
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONUsta angulata sp. nov.
TYPE LOCALITY[Kenya], Mombasa.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Syntypes, BMNH.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Rothschild W. 1895b. Notes on Saturniidae; with a preliminary revision of the family down to the genus Automeris, and descriptions of some new species. - Novitates Zoologicae 2(1-3):35-51.
PAGINATION 50 Bhl

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Bouvier E. L. 1927d. Saturniens du Musée du Congo belge. - Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines 15(2):129-171. 134
Kenya   Rothschild W. 1895b. Notes on Saturniidae; with a preliminary revision of the family down to the genus Automeris, and descriptions of some new species. - Novitates Zoologicae 2(1-3):35-51. 50
Tanzania   Darge Ph. 2008c. A provisional checklist of the Saturniidae (Emperor Moths) of Tanzania (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). - Saturnafrica 1:25-30. 30

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Burseraceae Commiphora sp.   Nässig W. A., Naumann S. & Oberprieler R. G. 2015. Notes on the Saturniidae of the Arabian Peninsula, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). - Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo 36(1):31-38. 35
Anacardiaceae Schinus molle   Nässig W. A., Naumann S. & Oberprieler R. G. 2015. Notes on the Saturniidae of the Arabian Peninsula, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). - Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo 36(1):31-38. 35