Vegetia legraini Bouyer, 2004

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Higher taxa:	Saturniidae (family)/  Saturniinae (subfamily)/  Micragonini (tribe)/  Vegetia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Bouyer, 2004
Citation:	Vegetia legraini n. sp.
Original genus:	Vegetia
Publication:	Bouyer Th. 2004b. Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Vegetia Jordan, 1922 de Namibie (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae).
Journal:	Entomologia Africana
Volume:	9
Issue:	2
Pagination:	38–39; pl. 6, figs 1–2

Vegetia legraini (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Only the holotype is known to date (15.v.2022).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Vegetia legraini Bouyer, 2004	Holotype	♀	TMSA	Holotype ♀, coll. Legrain.	Namibia	Namibia, Groot Karasberge, 13.iv.2004.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Vegetia legraini Bouyer, 2004	Namibia		Bouyer Th. 2004b. Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Vegetia Jordan, 1922 de Namibie (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). page 38
Vegetia legraini Bouyer, 2004	South Africa		Oberprieler R. G., Morton A. S. & van Noort S. 2021. The life history of Vegetia grimmia (Geyer, 1832) (Saturniidae: Bunaeinae: Micragonini), with an account of its discovery, distribution and taxonomic distinction. page 78

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL
Vegetia legraini Bouyer, 2004	Anastatus sp.	Eupelmidae	South Africa	Oberprieler R. G., Morton A. S. & van Noort S. 2021. The life history of Vegetia grimmia (Geyer, 1832) (Saturniidae: Bunaeinae: Micragonini), with an account of its discovery, distribution and taxonomic distinction. page 78

Vegetia legraini (1)

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination