Ceryx pterophorina (Mabille, 1892)

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FAMILY Erebidae
SUBFAMILY Arctiinae
GENUS Ceryx
SPECIES pterophorina
AUTHOR(Mabille, 1892)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONSynthomis [sic] pterophorina, n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY[South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal], Natal, Verulam, leg. A. J. Spiller.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, MfN (see P. Viette & D. S. Fletcher 1968: 408).
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Mabille P. 1892c. Six Lépidoptères Hétérocères d'Afrique. - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 61:cxxxviii-cxl.
PAGINATION cxxxix Bhl

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Botswana   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 161
Congo   Zerny H. 1912b. Syntomidae. - In: Wagner, H. (Ed.): Lepidopterorum Catalogus. - — 7:1-179. 11
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the   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
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
Somalia   Berio E. 1941c. Elenco di lepidotteri eteroceri raccolti da Querci-Romei in Somalia con diagnosi di nuove specie. - Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 20:118-124. 118
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Mabille P. 1892c. Six Lépidoptères Hétérocères d'Afrique. - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 61:cxxxviii-cxl. cxxxix
South Africa Western Cape Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 161
Zambia   Strand E. 1909h. Schmetterlinge aus dem Sambesi-Gebiet, gesammelt und dem Berliner Museum geschenkt von Herrn Franz Seiner. - Archiv für Naturgeschichte 75(1):375-386. 379
Zimbabwe   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. 54

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Poaceae Saccharum sp.   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 161
Asteraceae Zinnia 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. 175

*   On the flowers (see D. G. Sevastopulo 1975: 175).