Leucoma albissima Bethune-Baker, 1911
FAMILY | Erebidae |
SUBFAMILY | Lymantriinae |
GENUS | Leucoma |
SPECIES | albissima |
AUTHOR | Bethune-Baker, 1911 |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Leucoma albissima, sp. n. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [Angola], N'Dalla Tando [N'dalatando], 2700 ft, xi, leg. W. J. Ansorge. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | Latitude: -9°18'0" Longitude: 14°55'0" |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Syntypes ♂, ♀, BMNH. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Bethune-Baker G. T. 1911a. Descriptions of new African Heterocera. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 7(42):530-576. |
PAGINATION | 541 |
Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Angola | Bethune-Baker G. T. 1911a. Descriptions of new African Heterocera. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 7(42):530-576. | 541 |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Euphorbiaceae | Acalypha 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. | 179 |