Caradrina xanthopis (Hampson, 1909)
FAMILY | Noctuidae |
SUBFAMILY | Xyleninae |
GENUS | Caradrina |
SPECIES | xanthopis |
AUTHOR | (Hampson, 1909) |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Proxenus xanthopis, n. sp. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [Lesotho], Basutoland, Machacha Mts, 10,000 ft, 29.i.1902, leg. R. C. Crawshay. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♀, genitalia slide 9761♀, BMNH. |
STATUS | Species |
COMMENT | Unrelated to the Caradrine species-complex (see H. Hacker 2004a: 409, 2019a: 471). |
PUBLICATION | Hampson G. F. 1909a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VIII. Subfam. Acronyctinae (continued). - — 8:i-xiv, 1-583. |
PAGINATION |
432-433; pl. 133, fig. 16
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Species pictures

Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Lesotho | Hampson G. F. 1909a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VIII. Subfam. Acronyctinae (continued). - — 8:i-xiv, 1-583. | 433 | |
South Africa | Eastern Cape | Hacker H. H. 2019b. Families Nolidae Bruand 1846, Erebidae Leach, 1815, Euteliidae Grote, 1882 and Noctuidae Latreille, (Noctuoidea). - In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. - Esperiana Memoir 8:429-537. | 472 |
Host Plants
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