Bracharoa dregei (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)

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FAMILY Erebidae
SUBFAMILY Lymantriinae
GENUS Bracharoa
SPECIES dregei
AUTHOR(Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONOrgyia 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 Bhl

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 PUBLICATIONPAGE
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