Salagena tessellata Distant, 1897

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Higher taxa:	Metarbelidae (family)/  Salagena (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Distant, 1897
Citation:	Salagena tessellata, sp. n.
Original genus:	Salagena
Publication:	Distant W. L. 1897d. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal.
Journal:	Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Volume:	(6) 20
Issue:
Pagination:	210
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27415186

Salagena tessellata (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Salagena tessellata Distant, 1897	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.	South Africa	South Africa, Gauteng, Transvaal, Pretoria, ii.1895, leg. W. L. Distant.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Salagena tessellata Distant, 1897	Eswatini		page TMSA
Salagena tessellata Distant, 1897	Kenya		Lehmann I. & Kioko E. 2000. Preliminary survey on butterflies and moths and their habitats in two Kaya forests of the Kenya coast. page 157
Salagena tessellata Distant, 1897	Namibia		Mey W. 2024. New records of Metarbelidae from Namibia and description of a new species from the Great Escarpment (Lepidoptera, Cossoidea). page 27
Salagena tessellata Distant, 1897	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 52
Salagena tessellata Distant, 1897	South Africa	Mpumalanga	Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 52 (map)
Salagena tessellata Distant, 1897	South Africa	Gauteng	Distant W. L. 1897d. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. page 209
Salagena tessellata Distant, 1897	South Africa	Limpopo	Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 52 (map)
Salagena tessellata Distant, 1897	Tanzania		Lehmann I. 2009. Six new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania, including one new species from Marenji Forest in southeast coastal Kenya. page 201
Salagena tessellata Distant, 1897	Zimbabwe		Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 52 (map)

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Salagena tessellata Distant, 1897	Pyrus communis	Rosaceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 88

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