Dasychira rocana Swinhoe, 1906

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FAMILY Erebidae
SUBFAMILY Lymantriinae
GENUS Dasychira
SPECIES rocana
AUTHORSwinhoe, 1906
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONDasychira rocana, nov.
TYPE LOCALITY[Ghana], Coomassie [Kumasi], leg. Whiteside.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype 1♂, BMNH.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Swinhoe C. 1906b. Eastern and African Heterocera. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 17(102):540-556.
PAGINATION 545-546 Bhl

Synonyms

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
basilinea Hering, 1926 Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Angola   Collenette C. L. 1954b. New and little-known African Lymantriidae (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). - Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London (B) 23:146-154, pl. 1. 151
Cameroon   Hering E. M. 1926-1927. Pterothysanidae, Lymantriidae, Brahmaeidae. - In: Seitz, A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Die Afrikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer. - — 14:123-125, 127-204, 349-351. 171 (as basilinea)
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the North Kivu Kiriakoff S. G. 1963a. Exploration du Parc Albert. Deuxième série. Lepidoptera Heterocera (partim). - — 16(3):73-124. 117
Ghana   Swinhoe C. 1906b. Eastern and African Heterocera. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 17(102):540-556. 546
Guinea   Collenette C. L. 1954b. New and little-known African Lymantriidae (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). - Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London (B) 23:146-154, pl. 1. 151
Mozambique   Collenette C. L. 1954b. New and little-known African Lymantriidae (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). - Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London (B) 23:146-154, pl. 1. 151
Nigeria   Hering E. M. 1926-1927. Pterothysanidae, Lymantriidae, Brahmaeidae. - In: Seitz, A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Die Afrikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer. - — 14:123-125, 127-204, 349-351. 171
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Janse A. J. T. 1915a. Contribution towards our knowledge of the South African Lymantriidae. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 5(1):1-67. 32
South Africa Mpumalanga Janse A. J. T. 1915a. Contribution towards our knowledge of the South African Lymantriidae. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 5(1):1-67. 32
Uganda   Collenette C. L. 1954b. New and little-known African Lymantriidae (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). - Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London (B) 23:146-154, pl. 1. 151
Zimbabwe   Pinhey E. C. G. 1960. The larvae of some moths reared by Mr. D. K. B. Wheeler at Syringa Farm, Southern Rhodesia. Part I. - Occasional Papers of the Natural History Museum in Southern Rhodesia 24B:489-508. 499

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Caesalpiniaceae Brachystegia spiciformis Zimbabwe Pinhey E. C. G. 1960. The larvae of some moths reared by Mr. D. K. B. Wheeler at Syringa Farm, Southern Rhodesia. Part I. - Occasional Papers of the Natural History Museum in Southern Rhodesia 24B:489-508. 499
Combretaceae Terminalia catappa East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 - moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 34(309):175-184. 181
Caesalpiniaceae Brachystegia sp. East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 - moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 34(309):175-184. 181
Combretaceae Combretum molle 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. 75 (as C. guenzii)