Atrasana excellens (Strand, 1912)
FAMILY | Notodontidae |
SUBFAMILY | Dicranurinae |
GENUS | Atrasana |
SPECIES | excellens |
AUTHOR | (Strand, 1912) |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Pheositis excellens Strd. n. sp. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [Tanzania], D. O. Afrika, Songea, leg. A. Reuss. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, MfN. |
STATUS | Species |
COMMENT | Transferred to Atrasana by S. G. Kiriakoff (1963d: 347). |
PUBLICATION | Strand E. 1912r. Eine neue afrikanische Notodontidengattung und -Art. - Archiv für Naturgeschichte 78 (A)(10):213-214. |
PAGINATION | 214 |
Species pictures




Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Malawi | P. Basquin | ||
Tanzania | Strand E. 1912r. Eine neue afrikanische Notodontidengattung und -Art. - Archiv für Naturgeschichte 78 (A)(10):213-214. | 214 | |
Uganda | P. Basquin |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Malvaceae | Grewia 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. | 180 |