Ceryx fulvescens (Walker, 1854)

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FAMILY Erebidae
SUBFAMILY Arctiinae
GENUS Ceryx
SPECIES fulvescens
AUTHOR(Walker, 1854)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONSyntomis fulvescens
TYPE LOCALITY[Democratic Republic of Congo], Congo, leg. J. Richardson.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, BMNH.
STATUS Species
COMMENTHad been transferred to Trichaeta by G. F. Hampson (1898a: 54); this would cause many taxonomic and nomenclatural problems since its synonym thyretiformis is the type species of Ceryx which has priority over Trichaeta.
PUBLICATION Walker F. 1854a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I.- Lepidoptera Heterocera. - — 1:i-iv, 1-278.
PAGINATION 132 Bhl

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Synonyms

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
caffraria Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Synonym of species
molanna Wallengren, 1875 Synonym of species
thyretiformis (Wallengren, 1860) Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Angola   Snellen P. C. T. 1882. Aanteekeningen over Afrikaansche Lepidoptera. - Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 25:215-234. 231 (as thyretiformis)
Congo   Hampson G. F. 1898a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. Syntomidae. - — 1:i-xxi, 1-559, pls 1-17. 55
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the North Kivu Kiriakoff S. G. 1963a. Exploration du Parc Albert. Deuxième série. Lepidoptera Heterocera (partim). - — 16(3):73-124. 113
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the South 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. 287
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the   Walker F. 1854a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I.- Lepidoptera Heterocera. - — 1:i-iv, 1-278. 132
Ethiopia     BMNH
Kenya   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 161
Lesotho   Kopij G. 2006. Lepidoptera fauna of Lesotho. - Acta zoologica cracoviensia 49B(1-2):137-180. 161
Mozambique   Breyer H. G. 1917. Notes on expedition to Gazaland, along the Limpopo river, 29th June to 12th August, 1916. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 5:283-290. 289
Rwanda   Kiriakoff S. G. 1965b. Les Lépidoptères hétérocères africains de la Collection Abel Dufrane. Deuxième note: Arctiidae. - Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique 41(21):1-17. 3
Somalia   Pagenstecher A. 1903. Wissenschaftliche Resultate der Reise des Freiherrn Carlo von Erlanger durch Süd-Schoa, die Galla- und Somaliländer in 1900 und 1901. Sphingiden und Bombyciden. - Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde, Wiesbaden 56:1-28, pl. 1. 10
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 161
South Africa Gauteng Distant W. L. 1897c. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 20:15-17. 15
South Africa   Walker F. 1854a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I.- Lepidoptera Heterocera. - — 1:i-iv, 1-278. 133
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. 389
Zimbabwe   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 161

Host Plants

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