Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781)

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FAMILY Noctuidae
SUBFAMILY Hadeninae
GENUS Diaphone
SPECIES eumela
AUTHOR(Cramer, 1781)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONPhalaena eumela
TYPE LOCALITY[South Africa, Western Cape], Kaap de Goede Hoop.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Not stated.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Cramer P. 1780-1782. De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America, by een verzameld en beschreeven door den heer Pieter Cramer (etc.). - — 4(25-34):1-252, pls 289-396.
PAGINATION 111, (index); pl. cccxlvii, fig. G Bhl

Species pictures

Synonyms

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
barnsi Prout A. E., 1921 Synonym of species
elegans (Fabricius, 1787) Synonym of species
evidens (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) Synonym of species
libertina Bartel, 1903 Synonym of species
sylviana (Stoll, 1790) Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Burkina Faso     RMCA
Cameroon   Bartel M. 1903a. Neue aethiopische Arctiidae der Sammlung des Kgl. Museums für Naturkunde in Berlin. - Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 16:170-214. 198 (as libertina)
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Orientale Prout A. E. 1921a. New Lepidoptera collected by Mr. T. A. Barns, in East Central Africa. III.- New Noctuidae. - Bulletin of the Hill Museum 1(1):119-138, pl. 17. 122 (as barnsi)
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga   RMCA
Kenya   Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). - Annals of the South African Museum 2(10):255-446. 270
Lesotho   Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). - Annals of the South African Museum 2(10):255-446. 270
Malawi   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 189
Mozambique   Hopffer H. C. 1862. Lepidoptera. Schmetterlinge. - In: Peters, W. C. H., Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 aufgeführt. - — 5:i-xxi, 1-566, pls. 1-34 (Chapter pagination: 377-466, pls. 21-28). 431 (as sylviana)
Namibia   Aurivillius C. 1879. Lepidoptera Damarensia. Förteckning på fjärilar insamlade i Damaralandet af G. de Vylder åren 1873 och 1874 jemte beskrifning öfver förut okända arter. - Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 36(7):39-69. 56 (as sylviana)
Senegal   Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). - Annals of the South African Museum 2(10):255-446. 270
Somalia   Hampson G. F. 1916a. On moths from Somaliland. - In: Poulton E. B., On a collection of moths made in Somaliland by Mr. W. Feather. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1916(1):91-182, pls 1-2. 104
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. 290
South Africa Western Cape Cramer P. 1780-1782. De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America, by een verzameld en beschreeven door den heer Pieter Cramer (etc.). - — 4(25-34):1-252, pls 289-396. 111
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Boisduval J. B. A. 1847. Catalogue des Lépidoptères recueillis par M. Delegorgue pendant les années 1838-1844 à Port Natal, au pays des Amazoulous et dans la contrée de Massilicatzi. - In: Delegorgue A. (ed.), Voyage dans l'Afrique australe 1838-1844. - — 2:585-602. 598 (as sylviana)
South Africa Gauteng Distant W. L. 1897d. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 20:197-211. 198 (as sylviana)
Tanzania     NHMO
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. 402
Zimbabwe   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 189

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Asparagaceae Ornithogalum eckloni South Africa Hampson G. F. 1905a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. V. Noctuidae. - — 5:i-xvi, 1-634. 454
Asparagaceae Scilla lanceaefolia South Africa Taylor J. S. 1949. Notes on Lepidoptera in the Eastern Cape Province (Part 1). - Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 12(1):78-95, 2 pls. 80
Asparagaceae Ornithogalum dubium South Africa Taylor J. S. 1949. Notes on Lepidoptera in the Eastern Cape Province (Part 1). - Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 12(1):78-95, 2 pls. 80
Asparagaceae Albuca schoenlandii South Africa Taylor J. S. 1949. Notes on Lepidoptera in the Eastern Cape Province (Part 1). - Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 12(1):78-95, 2 pls. 80
Asparagaceae Drimia altissima South Africa Taylor J. S. 1942. Notes on some South African Lepidoptera. - Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 54(10):111-113. 112
Amaryllidaceae Crinum sp. East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. 185
Amaryllidaceae Hippeastrum sp. East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. 185
Asparagaceae Albuca virens East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. 185 (as Ornithogalum)
Musaceae Musa x paradisiaca East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. 185 (as Musa sapientum)
Zingiberaceae Amomum sp. East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. 185
Liliaceae Dipcadi viride South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. - South African Journal of Natural History 3(1):65-138. 78 (as D. umbonatum)
Amaryllidaceae Amaryllis sp. Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1942. Further notes (No. 3) on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. - Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society 42(4-5):197-219. 207
Amaryllidaceae Crinum kirkii Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1942. Further notes (No. 3) on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. - Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society 42(4-5):197-219. 207
Asparagaceae Anthericum sp. Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1942. Further notes (No. 3) on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. - Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society 42(4-5):197-219. 207

*   The larva feeds on the buds, flowers and fruit, and, failing these, upon the leaves (see J. S. Taylor 1942: 112). Description of the larva in A. L. H. Townsend (1942: 207).