Euproctis punctifera (Walker, 1855)
FAMILY | Erebidae |
SUBFAMILY | Lymantriinae |
GENUS | Euproctis |
SPECIES | punctifera |
AUTHOR | (Walker, 1855) |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Aroa punctifera |
TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa], Caffraria: Port Natal [KwaZulu-Natal], leg. M. Becker. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Syntypes 4♂, BMNH. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Walker F. 1855b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IV.- Lepidoptera Heterocera. - — 4:i-iv, 777-976. |
PAGINATION | 792 |
Synonyms
NAME | AUTHOR | STATUS |
gaudens | (Walker, 1865) | Synonym of species |
Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Mozambique | Hampson G. F. 1905b. The moths of South Africa (part III). - Annals of the South African Museum 3(9):389-438. | 407 | |
South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | Walker F. 1855b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IV.- Lepidoptera Heterocera. - — 4:i-iv, 777-976. | 792 |
South Africa | Eastern Cape | Hampson G. F. 1905b. The moths of South Africa (part III). - Annals of the South African Museum 3(9):389-438. | 407 |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Euphorbiaceae | Acalypha 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. | 176 |
Sapotaceae | Mimusops 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. | 176 |
Euphorbiaceae | Ricinus 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. | 176 |
Euphorbiaceae | Acalypha glabrata | 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. | 68 |
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 Mimusops d.) |
Euphorbiaceae | Ricinus communis | 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. | 91 |