Lacipa quadripunctata Dewitz, 1881

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FAMILY Erebidae
SUBFAMILY Lymantriinae
GENUS Lacipa
SPECIES quadripunctata
AUTHORDewitz, 1881
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONLacipa Quadripunctata n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY[Angola N, Cabinda], Chinchoxo, leg. Falkenstein.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES Latitude: -5°9'24" Longitude: 2°2'60"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, MfN.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Dewitz H. 1881. Afrikanische Nachtschmetterlinge. - Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 42(2):63-89, pls 2-3.
PAGINATION 67-68; pl. 2, fig. 4 Bhl

Species pictures

Subspecies

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
quadripunctata Dewitz, 1881 Subspecies
leuca Collenette, 1952 Subspecies

Synonyms

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
croceigramma Hampson, 1910 Synonym of species
quinquepunctata Distant, 1898 Synonym of species
sarcistoides Hering, 1926 Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Angola   Dewitz H. 1881. Afrikanische Nachtschmetterlinge. - Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 42(2):63-89, pls 2-3. 67
Congo   Collenette C. L. 1952. Notes on the genus Lacipa Walker (Heterocera, Lymantriidae). - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12) 5(52):386-390. 385
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Kinshasa Aurivillius C. 1925b. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der zweiten Deutschen Zentralafrika-Expedition 1910-1911 unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzog zu Mecklenburg. Band 1 Zoologie, Lieferung 18, Lepidoptera IV. - — 1(18):1243-1359, pls 49-50. 1280
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the   Aurivillius C. 1900a. Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika 5. - Entomologisk Tidskrift 20 (1899):233-258. 1056
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 (as leuca)
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga   N. Voaden
Côte d'Ivoire   Collenette C. L. 1952. Notes on the genus Lacipa Walker (Heterocera, Lymantriidae). - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12) 5(52):386-390. 385
Ghana   Collenette C. L. 1952. Notes on the genus Lacipa Walker (Heterocera, Lymantriidae). - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12) 5(52):386-390. 385
Malawi   Hampson G. F. 1905b. The moths of South Africa (part III). - Annals of the South African Museum 3(9):389-438. 404
Mozambique   Hampson G. F. 1905b. The moths of South Africa (part III). - Annals of the South African Museum 3(9):389-438. 404
Nigeria   Hampson G. F. 1910a. Descriptions of new African moths. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 5(29):430-464; (30): 465-496. 439 (as croceigramma)
Senegal   Collenette C. L. 1952. Notes on the genus Lacipa Walker (Heterocera, Lymantriidae). - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12) 5(52):386-390. 385
South Africa   Distant W. L. 1898a. Heterocera from the Transvaal. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 1(2):116-118. 117 (as quinquepunctata)
South Africa North-West Janse A. J. T. 1915a. Contribution towards our knowledge of the South African Lymantriidae. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 5(1):1-67. 20 (as quinquepunctata)
South Africa Gauteng Janse A. J. T. 1915a. Contribution towards our knowledge of the South African Lymantriidae. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 5(1):1-67. 20 (as quinquepunctata)
South Africa Limpopo Janse A. J. T. 1915a. Contribution towards our knowledge of the South African Lymantriidae. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 5(1):1-67. 20 (as quinquepunctata)
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. 20 (as quinquepunctata)
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. 20 (as quinquepunctata)
Tanzania   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. 142 (as sarcistoides)
Togo   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. 142
Zambia   Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910(2):388-510, pls 36-41. 457
Zimbabwe   Hampson G. F. 1905b. The moths of South Africa (part III). - Annals of the South African Museum 3(9):389-438. 404

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Caryophyllaceae Dianthus caryophyllus 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. 180
Poaceae Eleusine coracana 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. 180
Liliaceae Gloriosa 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. 180
Malvaceae Gossypium 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. 180
Malvaceae Hibiscus 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. 180
Malvaceae Urena lobata 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. 180