Melanocera parva Rothschild, 1907

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Permalink:	MELAPARV
Higher taxa:	Saturniidae (family)/  Saturniinae (subfamily)/  Bunaeini (tribe)/  Melanocera (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Rothschild, 1907
Citation:	Melanocera parva, sp. n.
Original genus:	Melanocera
Publication:	Rothschild W. 1907c. New African Saturniidae.
Journal:	Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Volume:	(7) 20
Issue:
Pagination:	5–6
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413219

Melanocera parva (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Melanocera parva Rothschild, 1907	Syntype	♂	NHMUK	Syntypes 2♂, NHMUK.	Angola	Angola, Catala near Bihé, 12.x.1904, leg. W. J. Ansorge.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Melanocera parva Rothschild, 1907	Angola		Rothschild W. 1907c. New African Saturniidae. page 6
Melanocera parva Rothschild, 1907	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	Dufrane A. 1953b. Saturniidae d'Afrique. page 238
Melanocera parva Rothschild, 1907	Tanzania		Stoneham H. F. 1962. A provisional check list of the African Saturnidae [sic] in the museum collections. Parts 1–5. page [12]
Melanocera parva Rothschild, 1907	Zambia		Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. page 63

Plant note:

Description of the larva in Ch. Seydel (1939: 1315).

Seydel Ch. 1939. Contribution à l'étude de la biologie de la faune entomologique éthiopienne.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Melanocera parva Rothschild, 1907	Ochna schweinfurthiana	Ochnaceae		Seydel Ch. 1939. Contribution à l'étude de la biologie de la faune entomologique éthiopienne. page 1316

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Melanocera parva (1)

Melanocera parva (2)

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