Bracharoa dregei (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
FAMILY | Erebidae |
SUBFAMILY | Lymantriinae |
GENUS | Bracharoa |
SPECIES | dregei |
AUTHOR | (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Orgyia Dregei Bd. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa, Western Cape], "Cap". |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Syntype 1♂, SMNS (see C. Häuser et al. 2003: 71). |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Herrich-Schäffer G. A. W. 1853-1858. Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäische Schmetterlinge. Heterocera (Nachtfalter). - — (1) 1:1-84, pls 1-96 [unnumbered]. |
PAGINATION |
[1854]: wrapper; pl. [24], fig. 114; [1858]: 70, 79
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Species pictures

Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Lesotho | Kopij G. 2006. Lepidoptera fauna of Lesotho. - Acta zoologica cracoviensia 49B(1-2):137-180. | 161 | |
South Africa | Western Cape | Herrich-Schäffer G. A. W. 1853-1858. Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäische Schmetterlinge. Heterocera (Nachtfalter). - — (1) 1:1-84, pls 1-96 [unnumbered]. | 70 |
South Africa | Eastern Cape | Taylor J. S. 1949. Notes on Lepidoptera in the Eastern Cape Province (Part 1). - Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 12(1):78-95, 2 pls. | 84 |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Asteraceae | Dimorphotheca ecklonis | South Africa | Taylor J. S. 1949. Notes on Lepidoptera in the Eastern Cape Province (Part 1). - Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 12(1):78-95, 2 pls. | 84 |
Asteraceae | Osteospermum sp. | South Africa | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | 178 |
Fabaceae | Aspalathus linearis | South Africa | Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. - — :i-xiv, 1-785. | 309 |
Pinaceae | Pinus radiata | South Africa | Taylor J. S. 1957b. Notes on Lepidoptera in the eastern Cape Province (Part IV). - Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 20(2):315-332. | 320 |
Geraniaceae | Pelargonium sp. | South Africa | Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. - — :i-xiv, 1-785. | 309 |
Geraniaceae | Geranium sp. | South Africa | Taylor J. S. 1942. Notes on some South African Lepidoptera. - Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 54(10):111-113. | 112 |
Ericaceae | Vaccinium sp. | South Africa | Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. - — :i-xiv, 1-785. | 440 |