Euproctis melalepia Hampson, 1909

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FAMILY Erebidae
SUBFAMILY Lymantriinae
GENUS Euproctis
SPECIES melalepia
AUTHORHampson, 1909
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONEuproctis melalepia, sp. n.
TYPE LOCALITY[Uganda], R. Ruwenzori, Mubuku Valley, 7000 ft.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, BMNH; Neallotype ♀, designated by C. L. Collenette (1937b: 608), BMNH.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Hampson G. F. 1909c. Ruwenzori Expedition Reports. 11. Lepidoptera Heterocera. - Transactions of the zoological Society of London 19(2):103-140, pl. 4.
PAGINATION 117; pl. 4, fig. 43 Bhl

Synonyms

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
rorida Hering, 1926 Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Orientale Collenette C. L. 1960c. New and little-known Lymantriidae from the Belgian Congo (Lepidoptera Heterocera). - Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Tervuren, in-8°, Zoologie 80:7-37, pls A-C. 32
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the North Kivu Collenette C. L. 1960c. New and little-known Lymantriidae from the Belgian Congo (Lepidoptera Heterocera). - Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Tervuren, in-8°, Zoologie 80:7-37, pls A-C. 32
Ethiopia   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. 148 (as rorida)
Kenya   Collenette C. L. 1937b. New African Lymantriidae (Lepidoptera Heterocera). - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10) 20(120):603-617, pl. 13. 608
Uganda   Hampson G. F. 1909c. Ruwenzori Expedition Reports. 11. Lepidoptera Heterocera. - Transactions of the zoological Society of London 19(2):103-140, pl. 4. 117

Host Plants

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