Saliunca homochroa (Holland, 1897)
FAMILY | Zygaenidae |
SUBFAMILY | Procridinae |
GENUS | Saliunca |
SPECIES | homochroa |
AUTHOR | (Holland, 1897) |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | C.[haridea] ? homochroa, sn. nov. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [Ethiopia], Darde River, 04.xii.1895, leg. A. D. Smith. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, CMNH. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Holland W. J. 1897a. List of the Lepidoptera Heterocera collected by A. Donaldson Smith. - In: A. Donaldson Smith, Through unknown African countries. The first expedition from Somaliland to Lake Rudolf. - — :i-xvi, 1-471, unnumbered plates. |
PAGINATION | 409-410, fig. 14 |
Species pictures

Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Ethiopia | Holland W. J. 1897a. List of the Lepidoptera Heterocera collected by A. Donaldson Smith. - In: A. Donaldson Smith, Through unknown African countries. The first expedition from Somaliland to Lake Rudolf. - — :i-xvi, 1-471, unnumbered plates. | 410 | |
Kenya | Le Cerf F. 1922c. Voyage de Mr. le Baron Maurice de Rothschild en Ethiopie et en Afrique orientale anglaise (1904-1905). Lépidoptères. Hétérocères. - — :387-482, pls 40-43. | 467 | |
Mozambique | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | 50 | |
Somalia | Gaede M. 1915a. Neue afrikanische Heteroceren des Berliner Zoologischen Museums. - Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 29:101-123, pl. 2. | 32 | |
Uganda | Gaede M. 1915a. Neue afrikanische Heteroceren des Berliner Zoologischen Museums. - Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 29:101-123, pl. 2. | 32 | |
Zimbabwe | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | 50 |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Vitaceae | Cissus sp. | East Africa | Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 - moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 34(309):175-184. | 175 |
Fabaceae | Pisum sativum | East Africa | Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 - moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 34(309):175-184. | 175 |