Desmeocraera graminosa (Walker, 1869)
FAMILY | Notodontidae |
SUBFAMILY | Dicranurinae |
GENUS | Desmeocraera |
SPECIES | graminosa |
AUTHOR | (Walker, 1869) |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Sizalisca graminosa |
TYPE LOCALITY | [Democratic Republic of Congo], Congo. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, BMNH. |
STATUS | Species |
COMMENT | Transferred to Desmeocraera by S. G. Kiriakoff (1964c: 166). |
PUBLICATION | Walker F. 1869b. In: Chapman T., On some lepidopterous insects from Congo. - Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Glasgow 1:325-378, pls 5-7. |
PAGINATION |
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Species pictures

Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | Walker F. 1869b. In: Chapman T., On some lepidopterous insects from Congo. - Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Glasgow 1:325-378, pls 5-7. | 340 | |
Tanzania | NHMO |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Fabaceae | Erythrina abyssinica | 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 |