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Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865)

Permalink:	EPILSCIT
Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/ Arctiinae (subfamily)/ Arctiini (tribe)/ Epilacydes (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Walker, 1865)
Citation:	Aloa scita
Original genus:	Aloa
Publication:	Walker F. 1865a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXI.– Supplement.
Journal:	—
Volume:	31 (1864)
Issue:
Pagination:	302
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38916859

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Epilacydes scita (1)

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865)	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.	Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone, leg. J. Foxcroft.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865)	Burkina Faso		page MGCL
Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865)	Cameroon		Strand E. 1915a. Lepidoptera aus Bonaberi in Kamerun, gesammelt von Herrn E. Hintz. page 154
Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Equateur	Strand E. 1922b. Miscellanea Lepidopterologica et Arachnologica I–VI. page 268
Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865)	Côte d'Ivoire		page BMNH
Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865)	Gambia		page R. Goff
Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865)	Ghana		Goodger D. T. & Watson A. 1995. The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths. An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnoses and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 9
Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865)	Kenya		page MGCL
Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865)	Nigeria		page BMNH
Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865)	Senegal		Goodger D. T. & Watson A. 1995. The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths. An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnoses and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 9
Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865)	Sierra Leone		Walker F. 1865a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXI.– Supplement. page 302
Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865)	South Africa		Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 92

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865)	Senecio bupleuroides	Asteraceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 92
Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865)	Smilax anceps	Smilacaceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 93 (as Smilax kraussiana)
Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865)	Tephrosia elongata	Fabaceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 94
Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865)	Undefined Grasses	Undefined		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 178

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
Epilacydes walkeri (Aurivillius, 1900)	(Aurivillius, 1900)	species	Synonym	Spilosoma walkeri