Usta angulata Rothschild, 1895
FAMILY | Saturniidae |
SUBFAMILY | Saturniinae |
GENUS | Usta |
SPECIES | angulata |
AUTHOR | Rothschild, 1895 |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Usta 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
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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 | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
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 |