Bombycopsis capicola Aurivillius, 1921

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Permalink:	BOMBCAPI
Higher taxa:	Lasiocampidae (family)/  Lasiocampinae (subfamily)/  Lasiocampini (tribe)/  Bombycopsis (genus)/  Bufoidia (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Aurivillius, 1921
Citation:	Bombycopsis capicola, n. sp.
Original genus:	Bombycopsis
Publication:	Aurivillius C. 1921a. Descriptions of some South African Heterocera (Lepidoptera).
Journal:	Annals of the South African Museum
Volume:	18
Issue:	2
Pagination:	237
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1540495

Bombycopsis capicola (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Bombycopsis capicola Aurivillius, 1921	Holotype	♀	SAMC	Holotype ♀, SAMC.	South Africa	South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Colony, Cape Town, 1917, leg. S. Houghton.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Bombycopsis capicola Aurivillius, 1921	South Africa	Western Cape	Aurivillius C. 1921a. Descriptions of some South African Heterocera (Lepidoptera). page 237

Plant note:

Records of Bidens pillosa and Senecio (see Pinhey 1975: 122) probably refer to other Bombycopsis species (see J. G. Joannou & M. Krüger 2009: 129).

Joannou J. G. & Krüger M. 2009. Revision of the genus Bombycopsis C. & R. Felder, 1874 (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampoidea: Lasiocampidae: Lasiocampinae: Lasiocampini).

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Bombycopsis capicola Aurivillius, 1921	Leptospermum laevigatum	Myrtaceae	South Africa	Dickson C. G. C. 1944. Recently observed food-plants of some Cape lepidopterous larvae. page 88 (as cupicola)

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Bombycopsis capicola (1)

Bombycopsis capicola (2)

Bombycopsis capicola (3)

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