Ludia dentata (Hampson, 1891)

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FAMILY Saturniidae
SUBFAMILY Saturniinae
GENUS Ludia
SPECIES dentata
AUTHOR(Hampson, 1891)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONHenucha dentata, sp. n.
TYPE LOCALITY[Kenya], E Africa, Sabaki River.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♀, BMNH.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Hampson G. F. 1891a. Lepidoptera from the Sabaki River, East Africa, with descriptions of new species. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 7(38):179-184.
PAGINATION 184

Species pictures

Synonyms

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
luciphila Strand, 1911 Synonym of species
nyassana Strand, 1911 Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the North Kivu Kiriakoff S. G. 1963a. Exploration du Parc Albert. Deuxième série. Lepidoptera Heterocera (partim). - — 16(3):73-124. 84
Kenya   Hampson G. F. 1891a. Lepidoptera from the Sabaki River, East Africa, with descriptions of new species. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 7(38):179-184. 184
Malawi   Strand E. 1911r. Die im Berliner Museum vorhandenen Ludia- und Holocera-Arten, nebst Beschreibungen weiterer, von Prof. Dr. J. Vosseler gesammelter afrikanischer Grossschmetterlinge. - Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 25(9):110-112; (10): 113-121. 114 (as nyassana)
Tanzania Pemba Jordan K. 1922a. On an organ peculiar to the females of some genera of Ludiinae, a subfamily of Saturniidae. - Novitates Zoologicae 29:247-248. 276
Tanzania   Strand E. 1911r. Die im Berliner Museum vorhandenen Ludia- und Holocera-Arten, nebst Beschreibungen weiterer, von Prof. Dr. J. Vosseler gesammelter afrikanischer Grossschmetterlinge. - Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 25(9):110-112; (10): 113-121. 117 (as luciphila)

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Asteraceae Vernonia sp. 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

*   Description of the larva in A. Schultze, Ocimum in labo conditions (1914: 162).