Desmeocraera platti Janse, 1920

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FAMILY Notodontidae
SUBFAMILY Dicranurinae
GENUS Desmeocraera
SPECIES platti
AUTHORJanse, 1920
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONDesmeocraera Platti spec. nov.
TYPE LOCALITYSouth Africa, [KwaZulu-Natal], Natal, Krantzkloof, e.l. 15.vi.1916, leg. E. E. Platt.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, type no 1669♂, genitalia slide 2368♂, TMSA (see Kiriakoff 1964b: 217).
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Janse A. J. T. 1920a. On the South African Notodontidae, with descriptions and apparently new genera and species. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 7(3):149-237, pls 1-14.
PAGINATION 190-191; pl. 13, fig. 16 Bhl

Species pictures

Subspecies

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
kenyae Kiriakoff, 1958 Subspecies
platti Janse, 1920 Subspecies
jansei Kiriakoff, 1958 Synonym of subspecies

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Kiriakoff S. G. 1954d. Hétérocères nouveaux et peu connus du Katanga. - Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines 49(3-4):293-327, pls 1-2. 309
Eswatini   Schintlmeister A. & Witt T. J. 2015. The Notodontidae of South Africa including Swaziland and Lesotho (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). - — 2:1-288. 53
Kenya   Kiriakoff S. G. 1958d. Les Notodontidae africains (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). Desmeocraera et genres voisins. - Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Zoologie [3, Arthropodes] section 2, Catalogues raisonnés 66:1-89, pls 1-10. 16 (as kenyae)
Mozambique   Schintlmeister A. & Witt T. J. 2015. The Notodontidae of South Africa including Swaziland and Lesotho (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). - — 2:1-288. 53
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Janse A. J. T. 1920a. On the South African Notodontidae, with descriptions and apparently new genera and species. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 7(3):149-237, pls 1-14. 190
South Africa Gauteng Schintlmeister A. & Witt T. J. 2015. The Notodontidae of South Africa including Swaziland and Lesotho (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). - — 2:1-288. 53
South Africa Limpopo Schintlmeister A. & Witt T. J. 2015. The Notodontidae of South Africa including Swaziland and Lesotho (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). - — 2:1-288. 53
South Africa Eastern Cape Schintlmeister A. & Witt T. J. 2015. The Notodontidae of South Africa including Swaziland and Lesotho (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). - — 2:1-288. 53
South Africa Mpumalanga Schintlmeister A. & Witt T. J. 2015. The Notodontidae of South Africa including Swaziland and Lesotho (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). - — 2:1-288. 53
Tanzania   Schintlmeister A. & Witt T. J. 2015. The Notodontidae of South Africa including Swaziland and Lesotho (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). - — 2:1-288. 53 (as kenyae)
Zimbabwe   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 147

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Sapotaceae Mimusops obovata South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. - South African Journal of Natural History 3(1):65-138. 85 (as varia)
Sapotaceae Manilkara discolor South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. - South African Journal of Natural History 3(1):65-138. 85 (as varia)
Myrtaceae Eucalyptus 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 (as varia)
Fabaceae Acacia cyanophylla 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 (as varia)
Myrtaceae Psidium guajava 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 (as varia)