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Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863)

Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) Holotype ♂ NHMUK Holotype ♂, NHMUK. South Africa South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Port Natal [Durban], leg. R. Trimen.
DNA voucher(s)
BC ZSM Lep 11559  BC ZSM Lep 11529  BC ZSM Lep 11534 
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) Botswana page C. Sydes
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) Cabo Verde Fogo Traub B. 1987. Die Geometroidea des Kapverdischen Inseln (Insects: Lepidoptera). page 88
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) Cabo Verde Brava Hausmann A. & Aistleitner E. 2008. The Geometridae of Cape Verde Islands. page 2
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) Cabo Verde Santiago Traub B. 1987. Die Geometroidea des Kapverdischen Inseln (Insects: Lepidoptera). page 88
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga page N. Voaden
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) Eswatini page K. Braun
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) 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 503
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) Kenya Swinhoe C. 1904b. On the Geometridae of tropical Africa in the National Collection. page 550
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) Malawi Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 102
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) Mozambique Swinhoe C. 1904b. On the Geometridae of tropical Africa in the National Collection. page 550
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) Namibia page H.Roland
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) South Africa Mpumalanga Janse A. J. T. 1933–1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). page 274
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Walker F. 1863a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXVI.– Geometrites (continued). page 1554
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) South Africa Eastern Cape Krüger M. 2019b. Geometridae (Lepidoptera, Geometroidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 372
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) South Africa Gauteng Janse A. J. T. 1933–1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). page 274
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) South Sudan Fletcher D. S. 1978a. Geometridae (Lepidoptera) collected by Dr. J. Szunyoghy in Tanzania. page 44
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) Tanzania Strand E. 1912i. Über Lepidoptera aus Mkatta und Morogoro in Deutsch Ost-Afrika, nebst Beiträgen zur Kenntnis afrikanischer Taragama-Arten. page 70 (as coryphata)
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) Zambia Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. page 475
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) Zimbabwe Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 102
Plant note:

Description of the larva in A. L. H. Townsend (1944: 30).

Townsend A. L. H. 1944. Further notes on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. Series IV.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) Acacia caffra Fabaceae South Africa Krüger M. 2019b. Geometridae (Lepidoptera, Geometroidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 372
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) Acacia sp. Fabaceae Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1944. Further notes on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. Series IV. page 30
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) Feijoa sp. Myrtaceae South Africa Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 102
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) Hermannia sp. Malvaceae South Africa Krüger M. 2019b. Geometridae (Lepidoptera, Geometroidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 372
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) Hermannia sp. Malvaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 194
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) Lantana sp. Verbenaceae Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1944. Further notes on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. Series IV. page 30
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) Macadamia sp. Proteaceae South Africa Krüger M. 2019b. Geometridae (Lepidoptera, Geometroidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 372
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) Markhamia lutea Bignoniaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 194 (as M. platycalyc)
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) Markhamia lutea Bignoniaceae South Africa Krüger M. 2019b. Geometridae (Lepidoptera, Geometroidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 372
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) Markhamia sp. Bignoniaceae Kenya Sevastopulo D. G. 1984. The Gesneriaceae and Bignoniaceae as food-plants of the Lepidoptera. page 236
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) Ozoroa mucronata Anacardiaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 194
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) Ozoroa mucronata Anacardiaceae South Africa Krüger M. 2019b. Geometridae (Lepidoptera, Geometroidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 372
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) Psidium guajava Myrtaceae Mück O. & Traub B. 1987. Ergänzungen zur Macrolepidopteren-Fauna. page 93
Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) Vachellia karroo Fabaceae South Africa Krüger M. 2019b. Geometridae (Lepidoptera, Geometroidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 372
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
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Comibaena coryphata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) species Synonym Racheospila coryphata
Comibaena leucospilota Prout L. B., 1915 Prout L. B., 1915 species Misapplied Comibaena leucospilota