Taeda aetitis Wallengren, 1863

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FAMILY Limacodidae
SUBFAMILY Limacodinae
GENUS Taeda
SPECIES aetitis
AUTHORWallengren, 1863
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONT.[aeda] aetitis n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY[South Africa], "in Caffraria interiore", leg. J. A. Wahlberg.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, SNHM.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Wallengren H. D. J. 1863a. Lepidopterologische Mittheilungen. III. - Wiener entomologische Monatschrift 7(5):137-151.
PAGINATION 141 Bhl

Species pictures

Synonyms

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
albipuncta (Druce, 1887) Synonym of species
argentifera (Westwood, 1881) Synonym of species

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. 52
Eswatini     TMSA
Lesotho   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 52
Namibia   Grünberg K. 1910c. Lepidoptera. - In: Schultze L.: Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise in westlichen und zentralen Südafrika. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie. - Denkschriften der medizinisch naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 16(4):1-370, pls 1-12 [Chapter pagination: 91-146]. 99
South Africa Limpopo   TMSA
South Africa   Wallengren H. D. J. 1863a. Lepidopterologische Mittheilungen. III. - Wiener entomologische Monatschrift 7(5):137-151. 141
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. 204
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Karsch F. 1896d. Die äthiopischen Limakodiden des Berliner Museums. - Entomologische Nachrichten 22(17-18):261-285. 268
Tanzania   Kirby W. F. 1896. On a collection of moths from East Africa formed by Dr. W. J. Ansorge, Medical Officer to the Uganda Administration. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 18(107):375-396, pl. 19. 385
Zimbabwe   Westwood J. O. 1881a. Entomology. - In: Oates, F.: Matabele Land and the Victoria Falls. - — :331-364, pls E-H. 358 (as argentifera)

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Phyllanthaceae Uapaca sp.   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 52
Ebenaceae Royena sp.   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 52