Pseudometa castanea Hampson, 1909

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Higher taxa:	Lasiocampidae (family)/  Lasiocampinae (subfamily)/  Selenepherini (tribe)/  Pseudometa (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Hampson, 1909
Citation:	Pseudometa castanea, sp. n.
Original genus:	Pseudometa
Publication:	Hampson G. F. 1909c. Ruwenzori Expedition Reports. 11. Lepidoptera Heterocera.
Journal:	Transactions of the zoological Society of London
Volume:	19
Issue:	2
Pagination:	130; pl. 4, fig. 28
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31647308

Pseudometa castanea (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Pseudometa castanea Hampson, 1909	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide NHMUK Lasio 529♂, NHMUK;.	Uganda	Uganda, SE Ruwenzori, Mokia, 3500 ft, iv.1906, leg. G. Legge & A. F. R. Wollaston.
Pseudometa castanea Hampson, 1909	Paratype	♂	NHMUK	Paratype 1♂, genitalia slide NHMUK Lasio 448♂, NHMUK.	Uganda	Uganda, Entebbe, 1905, leg. E. A. Minchin.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Pseudometa castanea Hampson, 1909	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the		Fletcher D. S. 1968a. Ruwenzori Expedition, 1952. – Cossidae, Metarbelidae, Psychidae, Limacodidae, Drepanidae, Uraniidae, Lasiocampidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Saturniidae & Sphingidae. page 343
Pseudometa castanea Hampson, 1909	Kenya		Sevastopulo D. G. 1984. The Gesneriaceae and Bignoniaceae as food-plants of the Lepidoptera. page 236
Pseudometa castanea Hampson, 1909	Sierra Leone		page NHMUK (ID needs confirmation)
Pseudometa castanea Hampson, 1909	Uganda		Hampson G. F. 1909c. Ruwenzori Expedition Reports. 11. Lepidoptera Heterocera. page 130

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Pseudometa castanea Hampson, 1909	Cenchrus purpureus	Poaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 95 (as Pennisetum)
Pseudometa castanea Hampson, 1909	Coffea sp.	Rubiaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 95
Pseudometa castanea Hampson, 1909	Cyperus exaltatus	Cyperaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 95
Pseudometa castanea Hampson, 1909	Ficus capensis	Moraceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 95
Pseudometa castanea Hampson, 1909	Markhamia lutea	Bignoniaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 95 (as M. platycalyx)
Pseudometa castanea Hampson, 1909	Markhamia sp.	Bignoniaceae	Kenya	Sevastopulo D. G. 1984. The Gesneriaceae and Bignoniaceae as food-plants of the Lepidoptera. page 236
Pseudometa castanea Hampson, 1909	Miscanthidium violaceum	Poaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 95
Pseudometa castanea Hampson, 1909	Smilax anceps	Smilacaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 95 (as Smilax kraussiana)

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Pseudometa castanea (1)

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