Rhodogastria similis (Möschler, 1884)

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FAMILY Erebidae
SUBFAMILY Arctiinae
GENUS Rhodogastria
SPECIES similis
AUTHOR(Möschler, 1884)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIOND.[ionychopus] similis n. sp.?
TYPE LOCALITY[South Africa, Eastern Cape], Caffraria, Missionsstation Baziya, 2800 ft, leg. Hartmann.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Syntypes 3♂, 2♀, MfN.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Möschler H. B. 1884. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-fauna des Kaffernlandes. - Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 33 (1883):267-310, pl. 16.
PAGINATION 288-289 Bhl

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
South Africa Eastern Cape Möschler H. B. 1884. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-fauna des Kaffernlandes. - Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 33 (1883):267-310, pl. 16. 289
South Africa Gauteng   BMNH
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal   BMNH
Zimbabwe   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 168 (as amasis)

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Geraniaceae Pelargonium sp. South Africa Taylor J. S. & Cresswell E. E. 1940. Notes on some South African Lepidoptera. - Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 3(1):179-191. 180
Rosaceae Prunus armeniaca South Africa Taylor J. S. & Cresswell E. E. 1940. Notes on some South African Lepidoptera. - Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 3(1):179-191. 180