Marblepsis flabellaria (Fabricius, 1787)

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FAMILY Erebidae
SUBFAMILY Lymantriinae
GENUS Marblepsis
SPECIES flabellaria
AUTHOR(Fabricius, 1787)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONP.[halaena] flabellaria
TYPE LOCALITY[South Africa], Africa aequinoctiali.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Not stated.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Fabricius J. C. 1787. Mantissa Insectorum sistens species nuper detectas synonymis, observationibus, descriptionibus, emendationibus. - — 2:1-382.
PAGINATION 188 Bhl

Species pictures

Synonyms

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
crocicollis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Synonym of species
vecontia (Druce, 1899) Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the North Kivu Rebel H. 1914a. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Expedition R. Grauer nach Zentralafrika, Dezember 1909 bis Februar 1911. Lepidopteren. - Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 28(3-4):219-294, pls 17-24. 278 (as eleutheria)
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Orientale Holland W. J. 1920. Lepidoptera of the Congo, being a systematic list of the butterflies and moths collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, together with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species. - Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 43(6):109-369, pls 6-14. 296
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga 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. 455
Ethiopia   Swinhoe C. 1903a. A revision of the Old World Lymantriidae in the national collection. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1903(3):375-498. 390
Ghana   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. 816 (as eleutheria)
Madagascar   Collenette C. L. 1956b. A catalogue of the Lymantriidae of Madagascar (Lepidoptera). - Le Naturaliste malgache 7 (1955)(2):167-179, pl. 3. 167 (as crocicollis)
Nigeria   Sharpe E. M. 1902. A list of Lepidoptera collected by Dr. Cuthbert Christy in Nigeria. - The Entomologist 35:65-68, 101-107. 106 (as eleutheria)
Sierra Leone   Walker F. 1854b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II.- Lepidoptera Heterocera. - — 2:i-iv, 279-581. 816 (as eleutheria)
South Africa   Fabricius J. C. 1787. Mantissa Insectorum sistens species nuper detectas synonymis, observationibus, descriptionibus, emendationibus. - — 2:1-382. 188
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. 12
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Herrich-Schäffer G. A. W. 1853-1858. Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäische Schmetterlinge. Heterocera (Nachtfalter). - — (1) 1:1-84, pls 1-96 [unnumbered]. fig. 110

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Rhamnaceae Scutia myrtina Madagascar Collenette C. L. 1956b. A catalogue of the Lymantriidae of Madagascar (Lepidoptera). - Le Naturaliste malgache 7 (1955)(2):167-179, pl. 3. 167
Caesalpiniaceae Brachystegia globifera 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. 70
Caesalpiniaceae Brachystegia randii 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. 70
Malvaceae Dombeya cymosa 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. 78
Malvaceae Grewia occidentalis 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. 81