Cerocala algiriae Oberthür, 1876

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Permalink:	CEROALGI
Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Erebinae (subfamily)/  Catocalini (tribe)/  Cerocala (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Oberthür, 1876
Citation:	Cerocala Scapulosa Hbn., var., Algiriae Oberthür
Original genus:	Cerocala
Publication:	Oberthür C. 1876. Étude sur la Faune des Lépidoptères de l'Algérie.
Journal:	Etudes d'Entomologie
Volume:	1
Issue:
Pagination:	55; pl. 4, fig. 7
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9921082

Cerocala algiriae (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Cerocala algiriae Oberthür, 1876	Syntype	unknown		Syntypes.	Algeria	Algeria, Bou-Sâada, leg. Allard.

Distribution note:

Palaearctic: Algeria, Canary Islands, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Tunisia.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Cerocala algiriae Oberthür, 1876	Algeria	Hoggar and Tassili	Rungs Ch. 1958b. Lepidoptères du Tassili n'Ajjer. – In Bernard F., Zoologie pure et appliquée. Mission scientifique au Tassili des Ajjer (1949). page 173
Cerocala algiriae Oberthür, 1876	Mauritania		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 375
Cerocala algiriae Oberthür, 1876	Saudi Arabia		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 375
Cerocala algiriae Oberthür, 1876	United Arab Emirates		Legrain A. & Wiltshire E. P. 1998. Provisional checklist of the Macro-Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of the UAE. page 8
Cerocala algiriae Oberthür, 1876	Western Sahara		Rungs Ch. 1992. Premier aperçu sur la faune des lépidoptères du Sahara occidental. page 369

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Cerocala algiriae Oberthür, 1876	Helianthemum sp.	Cistaceae	United Arab Emirates	Fibiger M. & Legrain A. 2009. Order Lepidoptera, superfamily Noctuoidea. – In: van Harten, A. (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE. page 527

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Cerocala algiriae (1)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Cerocala biskrensis Culot, 1916	Culot, 1916	species	Synonym	Cerocala biskrensis