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Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775)

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Hadeninae (subfamily)/  Glottulini (tribe)/  Brithys (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Fabricius, 1775)
Citation:B.[ombyx] Crini
Original genus:Bombyx
Publication:Fabricius J. C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus.
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Pagination:587
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25551974
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Brithys crini (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) unknown Not stated, "Mus. Tottianum", probably lost (Bretherton & Hayes 1976: 227). India [India], "Habitat in Crino asiatico Indiae orientalis".
Distribution note:

Australasia: Australia; Oriental: India, Indonesia (Java), Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka; Palaearctic: Algeria, Morocco, Libya, South Europe, Tunisia.

Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Cameroon Holland W. J. 1920. Lepidoptera of the Congo, being a systematic list of the butterflies and moths collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, together with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species. page 273 (as pancratii)
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Comoros Mohéli (Mwali) Viette P. 1958h. Note sur de petites collections de Lépidoptères récoltés aux îles Comores et en Aldabra. page 64
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Comoros Grande Comore (Ngazidja) Berio E. 1956d. Eteroceri raccolti dal Dr. Carlo Prola durante la spedizione alle isole dell'Africa orientale con descrizione di specie nuove (Lepidoptera). page 82 (as pancratii)
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Congo Holland W. J. 1920. Lepidoptera of the Congo, being a systematic list of the butterflies and moths collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, together with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species. page 273 (as pancratii)
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Equateur page RMCA
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Orientale Holland W. J. 1920. Lepidoptera of the Congo, being a systematic list of the butterflies and moths collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, together with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species. page 273 (as pancratii)
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Equatorial Guinea Strand E. 1914i. Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn G. Tessmann nach Süd-Kamerun und Spanisch-Guinea. Lepidoptera IX. Kurze Mitteilungen über Arten verschiedener Familien. page 87
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Gambia Druce H. 1887. Lepidoptera Heterocera. – In: Moloney A. C., Sketch of the forestry of West Africa with particular reference to its present principal commercial products. page 499 (as pancratii)
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Kenya Berio E. 1979. I Noctuidae del Kenya della collezione Alberto Ancillotto (Lepidoptera). page 479
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Madagascar Boisduval J. B. A. 1833b. Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptères. Avec des notes sur les moeurs, par M. Sganzin. page 91 (as pancratii)
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Malawi page NHMO
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Mauritania Hacker H. H. & Hausmann A. 2010. Noctuidae collected by Karlheinz Politzar in Bogué, Mauritania (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). page 141
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Mauritius Boisduval J. B. A. 1833b. Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptères. Avec des notes sur les moeurs, par M. Sganzin. page 91 (as pancratii)
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Mozambique Pagenstecher A. 1893. Lepidopteren gesammelt in Ost-Afrika 1888/89 von Dr. Franz Stuhlmann. page 40
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Namibia Gaede M. 1915d. Lepidoptera von Herrn P. Range im Nama-Land, Deutsch S. W. Afrika, gesammelt. page 146 (as pancratii)
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Nigeria Laporte B. 1970c. Contribution à la faune du Congo (Brazzaville). Mission A. Villiers et A. Descarpentries. CI. Lépidoptères Noctuidae. page 1058 (as pancratii)
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Oman Hacker H. H. 2016a. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepid.). page 611
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Réunion Boisduval J. B. A. 1833b. Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptères. Avec des notes sur les moeurs, par M. Sganzin. page 91 (as pancratii)
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Sierra Leone Schaus W. & Clements W. G. 1893. On a collection of Sierra Leone Lepidoptera. page 34 (as pancratii)
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) South Africa Gauteng page J. Heyns
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) South Africa Hampson G. F. 1905a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. V. Noctuidae. page 448
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Tanzania page NHMO
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Uganda Fletcher D. S. 1961. Ruwenzori Expedition 1952. – Noctuidae. page 197 (as pancratii)
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Yemen Hacker H. H., Aulombard F., Bischof A., Bittermann J., Fibiger M. & Schreier H.-P. 2001. Lepidoptera of Yemen Arab Republic, collected during three expeditions in 1996, 1998 and 2000. page 628
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Zimbabwe Hampson G. F. 1905a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. V. Noctuidae. page 448
Brithys crini crini (Fabricius, 1775) Cameroon Holland W. J. 1920. Lepidoptera of the Congo, being a systematic list of the butterflies and moths collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, together with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species. page 273 (as pancratii)
Brithys crini crini (Fabricius, 1775) Comoros Grande Comore (Ngazidja) Berio E. 1956d. Eteroceri raccolti dal Dr. Carlo Prola durante la spedizione alle isole dell'Africa orientale con descrizione di specie nuove (Lepidoptera). page 82 (as pancratii)
Brithys crini crini (Fabricius, 1775) Comoros Mohéli (Mwali) Viette P. 1958h. Note sur de petites collections de Lépidoptères récoltés aux îles Comores et en Aldabra. page 64
Brithys crini crini (Fabricius, 1775) Congo Holland W. J. 1920. Lepidoptera of the Congo, being a systematic list of the butterflies and moths collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, together with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species. page 273 (as pancratii)
Brithys crini crini (Fabricius, 1775) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Orientale Holland W. J. 1920. Lepidoptera of the Congo, being a systematic list of the butterflies and moths collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, together with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species. page 273 (as pancratii)
Brithys crini crini (Fabricius, 1775) Equatorial Guinea Strand E. 1914i. Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn G. Tessmann nach Süd-Kamerun und Spanisch-Guinea. Lepidoptera IX. Kurze Mitteilungen über Arten verschiedener Familien. page 87
Brithys crini crini (Fabricius, 1775) Gambia Druce H. 1887. Lepidoptera Heterocera. – In: Moloney A. C., Sketch of the forestry of West Africa with particular reference to its present principal commercial products. page 499 (as pancratii)
Brithys crini crini (Fabricius, 1775) Kenya Berio E. 1979. I Noctuidae del Kenya della collezione Alberto Ancillotto (Lepidoptera). page 479
Brithys crini crini (Fabricius, 1775) Madagascar Boisduval J. B. A. 1833b. Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptères. Avec des notes sur les moeurs, par M. Sganzin. page 91 (as pancratii)
Brithys crini crini (Fabricius, 1775) Mauritania Hacker H. H. & Hausmann A. 2010. Noctuidae collected by Karlheinz Politzar in Bogué, Mauritania (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). page 141
Brithys crini crini (Fabricius, 1775) Mauritius Boisduval J. B. A. 1833b. Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptères. Avec des notes sur les moeurs, par M. Sganzin. page 91 (as pancratii)
Brithys crini crini (Fabricius, 1775) Mozambique Pagenstecher A. 1893. Lepidopteren gesammelt in Ost-Afrika 1888/89 von Dr. Franz Stuhlmann. page 40
Brithys crini crini (Fabricius, 1775) Namibia Gaede M. 1915d. Lepidoptera von Herrn P. Range im Nama-Land, Deutsch S. W. Afrika, gesammelt. page 146 (as pancratii)
Brithys crini crini (Fabricius, 1775) Nigeria Laporte B. 1970c. Contribution à la faune du Congo (Brazzaville). Mission A. Villiers et A. Descarpentries. CI. Lépidoptères Noctuidae. page 1058 (as pancratii)
Brithys crini crini (Fabricius, 1775) Réunion Boisduval J. B. A. 1833b. Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptères. Avec des notes sur les moeurs, par M. Sganzin. page 91 (as pancratii)
Brithys crini crini (Fabricius, 1775) Sierra Leone Schaus W. & Clements W. G. 1893. On a collection of Sierra Leone Lepidoptera. page 34 (as pancratii)
Brithys crini crini (Fabricius, 1775) South Africa Hampson G. F. 1905a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. V. Noctuidae. page 448
Brithys crini crini (Fabricius, 1775) Uganda Fletcher D. S. 1961. Ruwenzori Expedition 1952. – Noctuidae. page 197 (as pancratii)
Brithys crini crini (Fabricius, 1775) Yemen Hacker H. H. & Hausmann A. 2010. Noctuidae collected by Karlheinz Politzar in Bogué, Mauritania (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). page 141
Brithys crini crini (Fabricius, 1775) Zimbabwe Hampson G. F. 1905a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. V. Noctuidae. page 448
Brithys crini pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) Cameroon Holland W. J. 1920. Lepidoptera of the Congo, being a systematic list of the butterflies and moths collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, together with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species. page 273
Brithys crini pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) Comoros Mohéli (Mwali) Pagenstecher A. 1907. In: Voeltzkow, A. Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903–05. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse 2. Systematische Arbeiten, Bd 2,Hft 2 (Lepidoptera Heterocera von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika: Uraniidae, Geometridae, Noctuidae, Pyralidae, Thyrididae, ... page 103
Brithys crini pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) Comoros Grande Comore (Ngazidja) Berio E. 1956d. Eteroceri raccolti dal Dr. Carlo Prola durante la spedizione alle isole dell'Africa orientale con descrizione di specie nuove (Lepidoptera). page 82
Brithys crini pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) Congo Holland W. J. 1920. Lepidoptera of the Congo, being a systematic list of the butterflies and moths collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, together with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species. page 273
Brithys crini pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Orientale Holland W. J. 1920. Lepidoptera of the Congo, being a systematic list of the butterflies and moths collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, together with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species. page 273
Brithys crini pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) Ghana Bretherton R. F. & Hayes A. H. 1976. Brithys pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) a subspecies of Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) (Lep., Noctuidae). page 227
Brithys crini pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) Kenya Berio E. 1979. I Noctuidae del Kenya della collezione Alberto Ancillotto (Lepidoptera). page 479
Brithys crini pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) Madagascar Boisduval J. B. A. 1833b. Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptères. Avec des notes sur les moeurs, par M. Sganzin. page 91
Brithys crini pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) Mauritius Boisduval J. B. A. 1833b. Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptères. Avec des notes sur les moeurs, par M. Sganzin. page 91
Brithys crini pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) Mozambique Bretherton R. F. & Hayes A. H. 1976. Brithys pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) a subspecies of Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) (Lep., Noctuidae). page 227
Brithys crini pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) Nigeria Laporte B. 1970c. Contribution à la faune du Congo (Brazzaville). Mission A. Villiers et A. Descarpentries. CI. Lépidoptères Noctuidae. page 1058
Brithys crini pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) Réunion Boisduval J. B. A. 1833b. Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptères. Avec des notes sur les moeurs, par M. Sganzin. page 91
Brithys crini pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) Sierra Leone Schaus W. & Clements W. G. 1893. On a collection of Sierra Leone Lepidoptera. page 34
Brithys crini pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) Somalia Berio E. 1985b. I nottuidi raccolti in Somalia del Prof. Simonetta nel 1978–79, con descrizione di nuovi taxa. page 10
Brithys crini pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) South Africa Bretherton R. F. & Hayes A. H. 1976. Brithys pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) a subspecies of Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) (Lep., Noctuidae). page 227
Brithys crini pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) Uganda Fletcher D. S. 1961. Ruwenzori Expedition 1952. – Noctuidae. page 197
Plant note:

Description of the larva in A. L. H. Townsend (1937: 123).

Townsend A. L. H. 1937. Miscellaneous notes on the early stages of certain Heterocera.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Amaryllis belladonna Amaryllidaceae South Africa Dickson C. G. C. 1947. Recently observed food-plants of some Cape lepidopterous larvae (3rd series). page 129 (as pancratii)
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Amaryllis sp. Amaryllidaceae Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1937. Miscellaneous notes on the early stages of certain Heterocera. page 123 (as pancratii
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Ammocharis longifolia Amaryllidaceae South Africa Dickson C. G. C. 1947. Recently observed food-plants of some Cape lepidopterous larvae (3rd series). page 129 (as Crinum longifolium)
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Crinum asiaticum Amaryllidaceae India Fabricius J. C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. page 587
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Crinum kirkii Amaryllidaceae Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1937. Miscellaneous notes on the early stages of certain Heterocera. page 123 (as pancratii)
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Eucharis moorei Amaryllidaceae Réunion Martiré D. & Rochat J. 2008. Les papillons de La Réunion et leurs chenilles. page 458
Brithys crini crini (Fabricius, 1775) Amaryllis sp. Amaryllidaceae Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1937. Miscellaneous notes on the early stages of certain Heterocera. page 123 (as pancratii
Brithys crini crini (Fabricius, 1775) Crinum asiaticum Amaryllidaceae India Fabricius J. C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. page 587
Brithys crini crini (Fabricius, 1775) Crinum kirkii Amaryllidaceae Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1937. Miscellaneous notes on the early stages of certain Heterocera. page 123 (as pancratii)
Brithys crini crini (Fabricius, 1775) Eucharis moorei Amaryllidaceae Réunion Martiré D. & Rochat J. 2008. Les papillons de La Réunion et leurs chenilles. page 458
Brithys crini pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) Albuca virens Asparagaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 185 (as Ornithogalum)
Brithys crini pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) Amaryllis sp. Amaryllidaceae South Africa Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 188
Brithys crini pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) Crinum sp. Amaryllidaceae Madagascar Paulian R. & Viette P. 1956. Essai d'un catalogue biologique des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Tananarive. page 210
Brithys crini pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) Crinum sp. Amaryllidaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 185
Brithys crini pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) Haemanthus sp. Amaryllidaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 185
Brithys crini pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) Hippeastrum sp. Amaryllidaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 185
Brithys crini pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) Lilium sp. Liliaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 185
Brithys crini pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) Pancratium maritimum Amaryllidaceae Bretherton R. F. & Hayes A. H. 1976. Brithys pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) a subspecies of Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) (Lep., Noctuidae). page 226
Brithys crini pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) Zephyranthes carinata Amaryllidaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 185
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Winthemia sp. Diptera: Tachinidae South Africa Dickson C. G. C. 1947. Recently observed food-plants of some Cape lepidopterous larvae (3rd series). page 129 (as Sericophoromyia sp.)
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Brithys crini crini (Fabricius, 1775) (Fabricius, 1775) subspecies Accepted Bombyx crini crini
Brithys crini dominica (Cramer, 1782) (Cramer, 1782) subspecies Synonym Noctua crini dominica
Brithys crini nipponica Matsumura, 1931 Matsumura, 1931 subspecies Synonym Brithys crini nipponica
Brithys crini pancratii (Cyrillo, 1787) (Cyrillo, 1787) subspecies Accepted Noctua crini pancratii
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination