Dasychira rocana Swinhoe, 1906

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Lymantriinae (subfamily)/  Lymantriini (tribe)/  Dasychira (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Swinhoe, 1906
Citation:	Dasychira rocana, nov.
Original genus:	Dasychira
Publication:	Swinhoe C. 1906b. Eastern and African Heterocera.
Journal:	Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Volume:	(7) 17
Issue:	102
Pagination:	545–546
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19245763

Dasychira basilinea (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Dasychira rocana Swinhoe, 1906	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype 1♂, NHMUK.	Ghana	[Ghana], Coomassie [Kumasi], leg. Whiteside.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Dasychira rocana Swinhoe, 1906	Angola		Collenette C. L. 1954b. New and little-known African Lymantriidae (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). page 151
Dasychira rocana Swinhoe, 1906	Cameroon		Hering E. M. 1926–1927. Pterothysanidae, Lymantriidae, Brahmaeidae. – In: Seitz, A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Die Afrikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer. page 171 (as basilinea)
Dasychira rocana Swinhoe, 1906	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	North Kivu	Kiriakoff S. G. 1963a. Exploration du Parc Albert. Deuxième série. Lepidoptera Heterocera (partim). page 117
Dasychira rocana Swinhoe, 1906	Ghana		Swinhoe C. 1906b. Eastern and African Heterocera. page 546
Dasychira rocana Swinhoe, 1906	Guinea		Collenette C. L. 1954b. New and little-known African Lymantriidae (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). page 151
Dasychira rocana Swinhoe, 1906	Mozambique		Collenette C. L. 1954b. New and little-known African Lymantriidae (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). page 151
Dasychira rocana Swinhoe, 1906	Nigeria		Hering E. M. 1926–1927. Pterothysanidae, Lymantriidae, Brahmaeidae. – In: Seitz, A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Die Afrikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer. page 171
Dasychira rocana Swinhoe, 1906	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Janse A. J. T. 1915a. Contribution towards our knowledge of the South African Lymantriidae. page 32
Dasychira rocana Swinhoe, 1906	South Africa	Mpumalanga	Janse A. J. T. 1915a. Contribution towards our knowledge of the South African Lymantriidae. page 32
Dasychira rocana Swinhoe, 1906	Uganda		Collenette C. L. 1954b. New and little-known African Lymantriidae (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). page 151
Dasychira rocana Swinhoe, 1906	Zimbabwe		Pinhey E. C. G. 1960. The larvae of some moths reared by Mr. D. K. B. Wheeler at Syringa Farm, Southern Rhodesia. Part I. page 499

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Dasychira rocana Swinhoe, 1906	Brachystegia sp.	Caesalpiniaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 181
Dasychira rocana Swinhoe, 1906	Brachystegia spiciformis	Caesalpiniaceae	Zimbabwe	Pinhey E. C. G. 1960. The larvae of some moths reared by Mr. D. K. B. Wheeler at Syringa Farm, Southern Rhodesia. Part I. page 499
Dasychira rocana Swinhoe, 1906	Combretum molle	Combretaceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 75 (as C. guenzii)
Dasychira rocana Swinhoe, 1906	Terminalia catappa	Combretaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 181

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Dasychira basilinea (1)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Dasychira basilinea Hering, 1926	Hering, 1926	species	Synonym	Dasychira basilinea