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Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781)

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Noctuinae (subfamily)/  Glottulini (tribe)/  Diaphone (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Cramer, 1781)
Citation:Phalaena eumela
Original genus:Phalaena
Publication:Cramer P. 1780–1782. De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America, by een verzameld en beschreeven door den heer Pieter Cramer (etc.).
Journal:—
Volume:4
Issue:25–34
Pagination:111, (index); pl. cccxlvii, fig. G
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42136781
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Diaphone eumela (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) unknown Not stated. South Africa [South Africa, Western Cape], Kaap de Goede Hoop.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) Burkina Faso page RMCA
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) Cameroon Bartel M. 1903a. Neue aethiopische Arctiidae der Sammlung des Kgl. Museums für Naturkunde in Berlin. page 198 (as libertina)
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga page RMCA
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Orientale Prout A. E. 1921a. New Lepidoptera collected by Mr. T. A. Barns, in East Central Africa. III.– New Noctuidae. page 122 (as barnsi)
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) Kenya Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 270
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) Lesotho Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 270
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) Madagascar Paulian R. & Viette P. 1956. Essai d'un catalogue biologique des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Tananarive. page 211
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) Malawi Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 189
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) Mozambique Hopffer H. C. 1862. Lepidoptera. Schmetterlinge. – In: Peters, W. C. H., Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 aufgeführt. page 431 (as sylviana)
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) Namibia Aurivillius C. 1879. Lepidoptera Damarensia. Förteckning på fjärilar insamlade i Damaralandet af G. de Vylder åren 1873 och 1874 jemte beskrifning öfver förut okända arter. page 56 (as sylviana)
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) Senegal Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 270
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) Somalia Hampson G. F. 1916a. On moths from Somaliland. – In: Poulton E. B., On a collection of moths made in Somaliland by Mr. W. Feather. page 104
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) South Africa Gauteng Distant W. L. 1897d. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. page 198 (as sylviana)
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) South Africa Eastern Cape Möschler H. B. 1884. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-fauna des Kaffernlandes. page 290
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) South Africa Western Cape Cramer P. 1780–1782. De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America, by een verzameld en beschreeven door den heer Pieter Cramer (etc.). page 111
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Boisduval J. B. A. 1847. Catalogue des Lépidoptères recueillis par M. Delegorgue pendant les années 1838–1844 à Port Natal, au pays des Amazoulous et dans la contrée de Massilicatzi. – In: Delegorgue A. (ed.), Voyage dans l'Afrique australe 1838–1844. page 598 (as sylviana)
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) Tanzania page NHMO
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) Zambia Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. page 402
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) Zimbabwe Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 189
Plant note:

The larva feeds on the buds, flowers and fruit, and, failing these, upon the leaves (see J. S. Taylor 1942: 112). Description of the larva in A. L. H. Townsend (1942: 207).

Taylor J. S. 1942. Notes on some South African Lepidoptera.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) Albuca schoenlandii Asparagaceae South Africa Taylor J. S. 1949. Notes on Lepidoptera in the Eastern Cape Province (Part 1). page 80
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) 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)
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) Amaryllis sp. Amaryllidaceae Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1942. Further notes (No. 3) on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. page 207
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) Amomum sp. Zingiberaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 185
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) Anthericum sp. Asparagaceae Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1942. Further notes (No. 3) on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. page 207
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) Crinum kirkii Amaryllidaceae Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1942. Further notes (No. 3) on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. page 207
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) Crinum sp. Amaryllidaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 185
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) Dipcadi viride Liliaceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 78 (as D. umbonatum)
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) Drimia altissima Asparagaceae South Africa Taylor J. S. 1942. Notes on some South African Lepidoptera. page 112
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) Hippeastrum sp. Amaryllidaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 185
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) Musa x paradisiaca Musaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 185 (as Musa sapientum)
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) Ornithogalum dubium Asparagaceae South Africa Taylor J. S. 1949. Notes on Lepidoptera in the Eastern Cape Province (Part 1). page 80
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) Ornithogalum eckloni Asparagaceae South Africa Hampson G. F. 1905a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. V. Noctuidae. page 454
Diaphone eumela (Cramer, 1781) Scilla lanceaefolia Asparagaceae South Africa Taylor J. S. 1949. Notes on Lepidoptera in the Eastern Cape Province (Part 1). page 80
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Diaphone barnsi Prout A. E., 1921 Prout A. E., 1921 species Synonym Diaphone barnsi
Diaphone elegans (Fabricius, 1787) (Fabricius, 1787) species Synonym Bombyx elegans
Diaphone eumelea Scoble, 1992 Scoble, 1992 species Misapplied Diaphone eumelea
Diaphone eumelia auct. auct. species Misapplied Diaphone eumelia
Diaphone evidens (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) species Synonym Chelonia evidens
Diaphone libertina Bartel, 1903 Bartel, 1903 species Synonym Diaphone libertina
Diaphone sylviana (Stoll, 1790) (Stoll, 1790) species Synonym Noctua sylviana
Diaphone sylvina (Walker, 1855) (Walker, 1855) species Misapplied Ovios sylvina