Euproctis rubricosta Fawcett, 1918

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Permalink:	EUPRRUBR
Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Lymantriinae (subfamily)/  Nygmiini (tribe)/  Euproctis (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Fawcett, 1918
Citation:	Euproctis rubricosta, sp. n.
Original genus:	Euproctis
Publication:	Fawcett J. M. 1918. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911–13.
Journal:	Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Volume:	(1917)
Issue:	3–4
Pagination:	242; pl. 1, fig. 7
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31579964

Euproctis rubricosta (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Euproctis rubricosta Fawcett, 1918	Syntype	♂	NHMUK	Syntypes 1♂, 1♀, NHMUK.	Kenya	[Kenya], British East Africa, Masongaleni, 28.v.1911, 25.xii.1911, leg. W. Feather.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Euproctis rubricosta Fawcett, 1918	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Orientale	Collenette C. L. 1960c. New and little-known Lymantriidae from the Belgian Congo (Lepidoptera Heterocera). page 32
Euproctis rubricosta Fawcett, 1918	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	Collenette C. L. 1960c. New and little-known Lymantriidae from the Belgian Congo (Lepidoptera Heterocera). page 32
Euproctis rubricosta Fawcett, 1918	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	East Kasai	Collenette C. L. 1960c. New and little-known Lymantriidae from the Belgian Congo (Lepidoptera Heterocera). page 32
Euproctis rubricosta Fawcett, 1918	Kenya		Fawcett J. M. 1918. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911–13. page 242
Euproctis rubricosta Fawcett, 1918	Tanzania		page NHMO

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Euproctis rubricosta Fawcett, 1918	Delonix regia	Caesalpiniaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 180
Euproctis rubricosta Fawcett, 1918	Gossypium sp.	Malvaceae		McKinley D. J. 1968. Key to some larvae of Lepidoptera attacking cotton in Central Africa. page 187
Euproctis rubricosta Fawcett, 1918	Ricinus sp.	Euphorbiaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 180
Euproctis rubricosta Fawcett, 1918	Samanea saman	Fabaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 180
Euproctis rubricosta Fawcett, 1918	Terminalia catappa	Combretaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 180

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Euproctis rubricosta (1)

Euproctis rubricosta (2)

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