Afrasura obliterata (Walker, 1864)

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FAMILY Erebidae
SUBFAMILY Arctiinae
GENUS Afrasura
SPECIES obliterata
AUTHOR(Walker, 1864)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONNudaria obliterata
TYPE LOCALITYSierra Leone, leg. J. Foxcroft.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♀, abdomen missing, BMNH.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Walker F. 1865a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXI.- Supplement. - — 31 (1864):i-iv, 1-321.
PAGINATION 273 Bhl

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Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Angola   Strand E. 1922a. Arctiidae: Subfam. Lithosiinae. - In Strand, E. (Ed.) Lepidopterorum Catalogus Pars 26. - — 26:501-899. 792
Cameroon   Aurivillius C. 1904c. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. 11. Lepidoptera Heterocera II. - Arkiv för Zoologi 2(4):1-68, pl. 1. 35
Chad   Durante A. 2009b. Revision of the Afrotropical species of Asura Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Lithosiinae), with the description of a new genus. - Zootaxa 2280:27-52. 46
Congo   Hampson G. F. 1900a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum II. Arctiadae: Nolinae, Lithosianae. - — 2:i-xx, 1-589. 448
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the North Kivu Debauche H. R. 1942. Lepidoptera, Heterocera. Exploration du Parc National Albert. Mission G. F. De Witte (1933-1935). - — 41:1-28, pls 1-4. 15
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the   Strand E. 1922a. Arctiidae: Subfam. Lithosiinae. - In Strand, E. (Ed.) Lepidopterorum Catalogus Pars 26. - — 26:501-899. 792
Gabon   Durante A. 2009b. Revision of the Afrotropical species of Asura Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Lithosiinae), with the description of a new genus. - Zootaxa 2280:27-52. 46
Ghana   Durante A. 2009b. Revision of the Afrotropical species of Asura Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Lithosiinae), with the description of a new genus. - Zootaxa 2280:27-52. 46
Kenya   Kühne L. 2008. Sphingidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiinae, and Aganaidae. - In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). - — :81-92, 117-124, 135-144, 157-170. 163
Nigeria   Hampson G. F. 1900a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum II. Arctiadae: Nolinae, Lithosianae. - — 2:i-xx, 1-589. 448
Rwanda     J. & W. De Prins
Sierra Leone   Walker F. 1864a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXIX.- Tineites. - — 29:i-iv, 563-835. 273
South Africa   Durante A. 2009b. Revision of the Afrotropical species of Asura Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Lithosiinae), with the description of a new genus. - Zootaxa 2280:27-52. 46
Togo   Strand E. 1912m. Zur Kenntnis äthiopischer Lithosiinae. - Archiv für Naturgeschichte 78 (A)(7):171-195. 193
Uganda   Kühne L. 2008. Sphingidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiinae, and Aganaidae. - In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). - — :81-92, 117-124, 135-144, 157-170. 163

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Phyllanthaceae Flueggea virosa 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. 176 (as Securinega)
Rubiaceae Coffea 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. 176