Niphadolepis bipunctata Hering, 1929
FAMILY | Limacodidae |
SUBFAMILY | Limacodinae |
GENUS | Niphadolepis |
SPECIES | bipunctata |
AUTHOR | Hering, 1929 |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Niphadolepis bipunctata sp. nov. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [Democratic Republic of Congo], 300 km from Kindu, leg. Russo. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♀, RMCA. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Hering E. M. 1929b. Neue Heteroceren aus dem Congo-Museum. - Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines 18:32-36. |
PAGINATION | 36, fig. 8 |
Species pictures



Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | Hering E. M. 1929b. Neue Heteroceren aus dem Congo-Museum. - Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines 18:32-36. | 36 | |
South Africa | Vári L., Kroon D. M. & Krüger M. 2002. Classification and checklist of the species of Lepidoptera recorded in Southern Africa. - — :i-xxi, 1-385. | ||
Tanzania | BMNH | ||
Zambia | BMNH |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Rubiaceae | Coffea 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. | 182 |