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Pallastica pallens (Bethune-Baker, 1908)

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Higher taxa:	Lasiocampidae (family)/ Lasiocampinae (subfamily)/ Lasiocampini (tribe)/ Pallastica (genus)/ Pallastica (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Bethune-Baker, 1908)
Citation:	Gonometa pallens, sp. n.
Original genus:	Gonometa
Publication:	Bethune-Baker G. T. 1908a. Descriptions of new African Heterocera.
Journal:	Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Volume:	(8) 2
Issue:	9
Pagination:	260
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071029

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Pallastica pallens (1)

Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Pallastica by V.V. Zolotuhin & A. V. Gurkovich (2009a: 16).

Gurkovich A. V. & Zolotuhin V. V. 2009a. A revision of the African Odontocheilopteryx Wallengren, 1860 (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Pallastica pallens (Bethune-Baker, 1908)	Holotype	♀	NHMUK	Holotype ♀, genitalia slide Lasio 1439♀, NHMUK.	Zambia	Zambia, Eastern Province, NE Rhodesia, Fort Jameson [Chipata], 02.iv.1906, leg. A. A. Longshae.

Distribution note:

A. M. Prozorov et al. (2023b: 422) restrict the distribution to Malawi and Zambia. See more comments by H. Takano & G. M. Lászlo 2024b: 237).

Prozorov A. M., Prozorova T. A., Spitsyn V. M., Spitsyna E. A., Kondakov A. V., Soboleva A. A., Volkova J. S., Yakovlev R. V., Saldaitis A., Sulak H. E., Revay E. E. & Müller G. C. 2023b. New records of Lasiocampidae (Lepidoptera) from Zanzibar Island with taxonomic notes and description of one new species of Odontopacha Aurivillius, 1909.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication
Pallastica pallens (Bethune-Baker, 1908)	Burundi		Zolotuhin V. V. & Gurkovich A. V. 2009a. A review of the genus Pachypasa Walker, 1855 sensu lato in Africa (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). page 16
Pallastica pallens (Bethune-Baker, 1908)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the		Zolotuhin V. V. & Gurkovich A. V. 2009a. A review of the genus Pachypasa Walker, 1855 sensu lato in Africa (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). page 16
Pallastica pallens (Bethune-Baker, 1908)	Côte d'Ivoire		Basquin P. 2016b. Premières données sur les Lasiocampidae du Mont Tonkoui (République de Côte d'Ivoire). page 35
Pallastica pallens (Bethune-Baker, 1908)	Eswatini		page TMSA
Pallastica pallens (Bethune-Baker, 1908)	Ghana		Zolotuhin V. V. & Gurkovich A. V. 2009a. A review of the genus Pachypasa Walker, 1855 sensu lato in Africa (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). page 16
Pallastica pallens (Bethune-Baker, 1908)	Kenya		Zolotuhin V. V. & Gurkovich A. V. 2009a. A review of the genus Pachypasa Walker, 1855 sensu lato in Africa (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). page 16
Pallastica pallens (Bethune-Baker, 1908)	Malawi		page J. Volkova, TMSA
Pallastica pallens (Bethune-Baker, 1908)	Mozambique		Zolotuhin V. V. & Gurkovich A. V. 2009a. A review of the genus Pachypasa Walker, 1855 sensu lato in Africa (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). page 16
Pallastica pallens (Bethune-Baker, 1908)	South Africa	Mpumalanga	Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 256 (map)
Pallastica pallens (Bethune-Baker, 1908)	South Africa		Zolotuhin V. V. & Gurkovich A. V. 2009a. A review of the genus Pachypasa Walker, 1855 sensu lato in Africa (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). page 16
Pallastica pallens (Bethune-Baker, 1908)	South Africa	Eastern Cape	Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 256 (map)
Pallastica pallens (Bethune-Baker, 1908)	South Africa	Free State	Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 256 (map)
Pallastica pallens (Bethune-Baker, 1908)	South Africa	Gauteng	Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 256 (map)
Pallastica pallens (Bethune-Baker, 1908)	South Africa	Limpopo	Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 256 (map)
Pallastica pallens (Bethune-Baker, 1908)	South Africa	Western Cape	Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 256
Pallastica pallens (Bethune-Baker, 1908)	Tanzania		Zolotuhin V. V. & Gurkovich A. V. 2009a. A review of the genus Pachypasa Walker, 1855 sensu lato in Africa (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). page 16
Pallastica pallens (Bethune-Baker, 1908)	Uganda		Austara O. & Jones T. 1971. Host list and distribution of lepidopterous defoliators of exotic softwoods in East Africa. page 402
Pallastica pallens (Bethune-Baker, 1908)	Zambia		Bethune-Baker G. T. 1908a. Descriptions of new African Heterocera. page 260
Pallastica pallens (Bethune-Baker, 1908)	Zimbabwe		page TMSA

Plant note:

See V. V. Zolotuhin & A. V. Gurkovich (2009a: 16).

Zolotuhin V. V. & Gurkovich A. V. 2009a. A review of the genus Pachypasa Walker, 1855 sensu lato in Africa (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae).

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Pallastica pallens (Bethune-Baker, 1908)	Pinus patula	Pinaceae	Uganda	Austara O. & Jones T. 1971. Host list and distribution of lepidopterous defoliators of exotic softwoods in East Africa. page 402
Pallastica pallens (Bethune-Baker, 1908)	Pinus radiata	Pinaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 94 (as pallene)