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Epiphora ploetzi (Weymer, 1880)

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Higher taxa: Saturniidae (family)/  Saturniinae (subfamily)/  Attacini (tribe)/  Epiphora (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Weymer, 1880)
Citation:Samia Plötzi Weym. i.l.
Original genus:Samia
Publication:Plötz C. 1880a. Verzeichniss der vom Prof. Dr. R. Buchholz in West-Afrika gesammelten Schmetterlinge.
Journal:Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung
Volume:41
Issue:1–3
Pagination:86–87
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8989460
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Epiphora ploetzi (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Epiphora ploetzi (Weymer, 1880) Syntype ♂ MfN Syntypes 1♂, 1♀, MfN. Cameroon Cameroon, Victoria [Limba], 10.x.1873; Abo, 01.xii.1873, leg. R. Buchholz.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Epiphora ploetzi (Weymer, 1880) Angola Bouvier E. L. 1930a. Seconde contribution à la connaissance des Saturnoïdes du Hill Museum. page 114
Epiphora ploetzi (Weymer, 1880) Cameroon Plötz C. 1880a. Verzeichniss der vom Prof. Dr. R. Buchholz in West-Afrika gesammelten Schmetterlinge. page 87
Epiphora ploetzi (Weymer, 1880) Central African Republic page P. Basquin
Epiphora ploetzi (Weymer, 1880) Congo Testout H. 1936. Contribution à l'étude des Saturnioïdes (Lépidopt. Hetéroc.). page 46 (as gabonensis)
Epiphora ploetzi (Weymer, 1880) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Orientale Bouvier E. L. 1927d. Saturniens du Musée du Congo belge. page 169
Epiphora ploetzi (Weymer, 1880) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Bouvier E. L. 1927d. Saturniens du Musée du Congo belge. page 169
Epiphora ploetzi (Weymer, 1880) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Bas Congo Bouvier E. L. 1927d. Saturniens du Musée du Congo belge. page 169
Epiphora ploetzi (Weymer, 1880) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the North Kivu Bouvier E. L. 1927d. Saturniens du Musée du Congo belge. page 169
Epiphora ploetzi (Weymer, 1880) Equatorial Guinea Basquin P. & Faravel G. 2022. Les Saturnidés du Gabon. Catalogue illustré des Saturniidae du Gabon. Tome 2: Buneini, Attacini. page 93
Epiphora ploetzi (Weymer, 1880) Gabon Rougeot P.-C. 1947. Notes sur les papillons gabonais du genre Drepanoptera Roths. page 74
Epiphora ploetzi (Weymer, 1880) Guinea page LepIndex
Epiphora ploetzi (Weymer, 1880) Kenya Stoneham H. F. 1962. A provisional check list of the African Saturnidae [sic] in the museum collections. Parts 1–5. page [1]
Epiphora ploetzi (Weymer, 1880) Nigeria Basquin P. & Faravel G. 2022. Les Saturnidés du Gabon. Catalogue illustré des Saturniidae du Gabon. Tome 2: Buneini, Attacini. page 93
Epiphora ploetzi (Weymer, 1880) Tanzania Bouvier E. L. 1929b. Saturnoïdes nouveaux du Musée de la condition des Soies, à Lyon. page 104 (as pygmaea)
Plant note:

Description of the larva in A. Schultze 1914 (147; pl. 1).

Schultze A. 1914. Zur Kenntnis der ersten Stände von einigen west- und zentralafrikanischen Heteroceren.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Epiphora ploetzi (Weymer, 1880) Erythroxylum mannii Erythroxylaceae Cameroon Schultze A. 1914. Zur Kenntnis der ersten Stände von einigen west- und zentralafrikanischen Heteroceren. page 147
Epiphora ploetzi (Weymer, 1880) Fagara macrophylla Rutaceae Gabon Rougeot P.-C. 1947. Notes sur les papillons gabonais du genre Drepanoptera Roths. page 74
Epiphora ploetzi (Weymer, 1880) Undefined polyphagous Undefined Gabon Rougeot P.-C. 1955. Les Attacides (Saturnidae) de l'Equateur Africain français. page 113
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
Epiphora gabonensis (Testout, 1936) (Testout, 1936) species Synonym Drepanoptera gabonensis
Epiphora obscura Dufrane, 1953 Dufrane, 1953 species Misapplied Epiphora obscura
Epiphora pygmaea (Bouvier, 1929) (Bouvier, 1929) species Synonym Drepanoptera pygmaea