Teinorhyncha melanosticta (Bethune-Baker, 1909)

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FAMILY Limacodidae
SUBFAMILY Limacodinae
GENUS Teinorhyncha
SPECIES melanosticta
AUTHOR(Bethune-Baker, 1909)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONMiresa melanosticta, sp. n.
TYPE LOCALITY[Kenya], B. E. Africa, Nandi Country, Kamililo, vi.1903.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, BMNH.
STATUS Species
COMMENTHad been transferred to Ctenolita by D. S. Fletcher (1968a: 331).
PUBLICATION Bethune-Baker G. T. 1909. Descriptions of new African Lepidoptera. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 3:422-437.
PAGINATION 426 Bhl

Species pictures

Synonyms

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
habenichti (Wichgraf, 1913) Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Angola   Pinhey E. C. G. 1976. Entomofauna from Cabora Bassa. Results of the Entomological Brigade of the IICM. III. Lepidoptera. - Garcia de Orta, Revista da Junta das Missões Geográficas e de Investigações do Ultramar 5(2):25-64. 27
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the North Kivu Dufrane A. 1945. Lépidoptères du Kivu (3e note). - Bulletin & Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique 81:91-143. 139 (as habenichti)
Ghana   Pinhey E. C. G. 1976. Entomofauna from Cabora Bassa. Results of the Entomological Brigade of the IICM. III. Lepidoptera. - Garcia de Orta, Revista da Junta das Missões Geográficas e de Investigações do Ultramar 5(2):25-64. 27
Kenya   Bethune-Baker G. T. 1909. Descriptions of new African Lepidoptera. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 3:422-437. 426
Malawi   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 55
Mozambique   Wichgraf F. 1913. Eine neue äthiopische Limacodidae und anderes. - Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift, Guben 7(2):9-10; (3): 13-14; (4): 21-22. 9 (as habenichti)
Tanzania     NHMO
Zambia   Janse A. J. T. 1964. The Moths of South Africa. VII. Limacodidae. - — 7:1-136, pls 1-44. 95
Zimbabwe   Janse A. J. T. 1964. The Moths of South Africa. VII. Limacodidae. - — 7:1-136, pls 1-44. 95

Notes:  The species treated by A. J. T. Janse (1964: 95) as C. melanosticta appears to be habenichti Wichgraf (see D. S. Fletcher 1968: 331).

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Combretaceae Terminalia 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