Naroma signifera Walker, 1856

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FAMILY Erebidae
SUBFAMILY Lymantriinae
GENUS Naroma
SPECIES signifera
AUTHORWalker, 1856
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONNaroma signifera
TYPE LOCALITYSierra Leone, leg. D. F. Morgan.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, BMNH.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Walker F. 1856a. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VII.- Lepidoptera Heterocera. - — 7:i-iv, 1509-1808.
PAGINATION 1744-1745

Species pictures

Synonyms

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
cadica (Plötz, 1880) Synonym of species
lunifera (Walker, 1869) Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Cameroon   Aurivillius C. 1904c. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. 11. Lepidoptera Heterocera II. - Arkiv för Zoologi 2(4):1-68, pl. 1. 48
Congo   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. 386
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Bas Congo Aurivillius C. 1906. Verzeichnis von Lepidopteren, gesammelt bei Mukimbungu am unteren Kongo von Herrn E. Laman. Zweite und dritte Sendung. - Arkiv för Zoologi 3(1):1-16, pl. 1. 12
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. 295
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the   Walker F. 1869b. In: Chapman T., On some lepidopterous insects from Congo. - Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Glasgow 1:325-378, pls 5-7. 339 (as lunifera)
Equatorial Guinea Bioko Aurivillius C. 1910b. Schmetterlinge gesammelt in Westafrika von Leonardo Fea in den Jahren 1897-1902. - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (Ser. 3) 4:494-530. 522
Eritrea   Berio E. 1939a. Contributi alla conoscenza dei lepidotteri eteroceri dell'Eritrea I. Lista delle specie con descrizioni delle nuove entità raccolte negli anni 1934 al 1937 dal sig. Francesco Vaccaro. - Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 17(1):47-62, pls 1-2. 58
Ghana   Plötz C. 1880a. Verzeichniss der vom Prof. Dr. R. Buchholz in West-Afrika gesammelten Schmetterlinge. - Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 41(1-3):76-88; (7-9): 298—307. 85 (as cadica)
Nigeria   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. 386
Sierra Leone   Walker F. 1856a. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VII.- Lepidoptera Heterocera. - — 7:i-iv, 1509-1808. 1745
Somalia   Collenette C. L. 1931b. Lymantriidae (Lepidoptera Heterocera) from N.E. (British) Somaliland. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10) 7(39):286-289. 287
South Africa Eastern Cape Janse A. J. T. 1915a. Contribution towards our knowledge of the South African Lymantriidae. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 5(1):1-67. 65
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. 65
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. 65
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. 65
Tanzania     NHMO
Uganda   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. 386
Yemen   Warnecke G. 1934. Ein zweiter Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Makrolepidopteren-Fauna Südwest-Arabiens. II. Nachtfalter (Heterocera) (Spinner und Schwärmer). - Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 24(2):61-65. 64
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. 455

Notes:  The record of Yemen (Warnecke 1934) needs confirmation (see Hacker 2016: 193).

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Moraceae Ficus sp.   Collenette C. L. 1956b. A catalogue of the Lymantriidae of Madagascar (Lepidoptera). - Le Naturaliste malgache 7 (1955)(2):167-179, pl. 3. 167
Fabaceae Cajanus cajan 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 (doubtfully)
Moraceae Ficus carica Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1938. Further notes on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. - Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society 13(5):168-182. 173 (as fig)
Moraceae Ficus sp. Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1938. Further notes on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. - Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society 13(5):168-182. 173
Moraceae Ficus petersii 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. 80

*   Description of the larva in A. H. L. Townsend (1938: 173-174).