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Teracotona Butler, 1878

Teracotona Butler, 1878; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 : 382, TS: Aloa rhodophaea Walker
Macronyx Felder, 1874; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (4): pl. 100, f. 22, TS: Macronyx debilis Felder
Teracotona ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3 : 469; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 20

Teracotona abyssinica (Rothschild, 1933)

Ethiopia, Kenya. See [About maps] Seirarctia abyssinica Rothschild, 1933; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 11 (62): 187, TL: Central Abyssinia, Maraco
Teracotona abyssinica ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 20

Teracotona approximans (Rothschild, 1917)

Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda. See [About maps] Seirarctia approximans Rothschild, 1917; Novit. Zool. 24 (2): 483, TL: [Tanzania] Manow Mpuapua
Teracotona approximans ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 20

Teracotona buryi Rothschild, 1910

Ghana, Nigeria. See [About maps] Teracotona buryi Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 181, TL: Ghana, Gambaga
Teracotona byryi ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 20

Teracotona clara Holland, 1892

-. See [About maps] Teracotona clara Holland, 1892; Entomologist 25 (Suppl.) : 92, TL: Kilimanjaro
Teracotona clara Holland, 1896; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 18 (1062) : 249, TL: Kilimanjaro
Seirarctia clara ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3 : 423

T. c. clara

Tanzania, Kenya Seirarctia clara ab. indistincta Strand, 1921; Archiv Naturgesch. 86 (A) 7: 124, TL: South East Africa
Seirarctia clara ab. obscurascens Strand, 1921; Archiv Naturgesch. 86 (A) 7: 124, TL: South East Africa
Teracotona clara clara ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 20

T. c. rubiginea (Toulgoët, 1977)

Seirarctia clara rubiginea Toulgoët, 1977; Mem. Mus. Natnl Hist. Nat. (N.S.) (Zool.) 105: 80, TL: Ethiopia, Fisha-Genet
Teracotona clara rubiginea ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 20

Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900

-. See [About maps] Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900; Ann. S. Afric. Mus. 2: 58, TL: Zimbabwe, Mashonaland, Salisbury
Teracotona euprepia ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3 : 470, pl. 50, f. 13

T. e. euprepia

Angola, South Africa Teracotona euprepia euprepia ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 20

Larva on Justicia, Commelina, Aster, Bidens, Zinnia, Nicotiana tabacum Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 27

T. e. bicolor Toulgoët, 1980

Malawi, Tanzania Teracotona euprepia bicolor Toulgoët, 1980; Rev. Fr. Ent. (N.S.) 2: 6, TL: Malawi, Zomba
Teracotona euprepia bicolor ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 20

Teracotona euprepioides Wichgraf, 1921

Angola. See [About maps] Teracotona euprepioides Wichgraf, 1921; Int. ent. Z. 15: 117, TL: Angola, Baitundo
Teracotona euprepioides ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 20

Teracotona homeyeri Rothschild, 1910

Angola, Tanzania. See [About maps] Teracotona homeyeri Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 181, TL: Angola, Pungo Andongo
Teracotona homeyeri ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 20

Teracotona immaculata (Wichgraf, 1921)

Angola. See [About maps] Seirarctia immaculata Wichgraf, 1921; Int. ent. Z. 15: 158, TL: Angola, Baitundo
Teracotona immaculata ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 20

Teracotona jacksoni (Rothschild, 1910)

Kenya. See [About maps] Seirarctia jacksoni Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 176, TL: Kenya, Nairobi to Mt. Kenya
Teracotona jacksoni ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 20

Teracotona latifasciata Carcasson, 1965

Tanzania. See [About maps] Teracotona latifasciata Carcasson, 1965; J. E. Africa nat. Hist. Soc. 25: 151, TL: Tanzania, Oldeani
Teracotona latifasciata ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 20, f. 38

Teracotona melanocera (Hampson, 1920)

Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania. See [About maps] Seirarctia melanocera Hampson, 1920; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 472, TL: [Tanzania] Itumba Dist.
Seirarctia melanocera f. kiboshoica Szent-Ivany, 1942; Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hungaricae, 35 (Zool.): 64, TL: [Tanzania] Kibosho
Teracotona melanocera ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 20

Teracotona metaxantha (Hampson, 1909)

Zimbabwe, South Africa. See [About maps] Seirarctia metaxantha Hampson, 1909; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 4 (22) : 363, TL: Transvaal, White River
Teracotona metaxantha ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 20

Teracotona multistrigata Joicey & Talbot, 1924

Zaire, Rwanda. See [About maps] Teracotona multistrigata Joicey & Talbot, 1924; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (3) : 551, TL: Rwanda, Rugege Forest, 7000ft
Teracotona multistrigata ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 20

Teracotona murtafaa Wiltshire, 1980

Oman. See [About maps] Teracotona murtafaa Wiltshire, 1980; J. Oman Studies, Spec. Rep. 2: 196, TL: Oman, Mu`asker-al-Murtafaa
Teracotona murtafaa ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 20

Teracotona pardalina Bartel, 1903

Uganda, Kenya, Zaire, Tanzania. See [About maps] Teracotona pardalina Bartel, 1903; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1) : 199, TL: Uganda
Teracotona flavipennis Bartel, 1903; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1) : 202, TL: [Zaire, Kwango] Quango
Teracotona rufipennis Strand, 1909; Ent. Rundsch. 26: 115, TL: [Tanzania] Tabora
Teracotona pardalina ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 20

Larva on Justicia Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 27

Teracotona pitmanni Rothschild, 1933

-. See [About maps] Teracotona pitmanni Rothschild, 1933; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 11 (62): 190, TL: Kenya, Hoey's Bridge

T. p. pitmanni

Teracotona pitmanni pitmanni ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 20

T. p. major Rothschild, 1933

Kenya Teracotona pitmanni major Rothschild, 1933; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 11 (62): 190, TL: Kenya, near Nairobi; Nairobi
Teracotona pitmanni major ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 20

Teracotona proditrix (Berio, 1939)

Ethiopia. See [About maps] Seirarctia proditrix Berio, 1939; Mem. Soc. Ent. ital. 17 : 49, TL: Ethiopia
Teracotona proditrix ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 20

Teracotona pruinosa Joannis, 1912

Ethiopia. See [About maps] Teracotona pruinosa Joannis, 1912; Bull. Soc. Ent. Ital. 14: 123, TL: Eritrea
Teracotona pruinosa ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 20, f. 39

Teracotona seminigra (Hampson, 1905)

Ethiopia. See [About maps] Amsacta seminigra Hampson, 1905; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 15 (89) : 447 [?], TL: Ethiopia, Zegi Tsana
Teracotona seminigra ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 21

Teracotona submacula (Walker, 1855)

South Africa, South West Africa. See [About maps] Spilosoma submacula Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 3: 672, TL: Port Natal
Spilosoma submacula f. obscurum Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 7: 1696, TL: South Africa
Estigmene strigosa Möschler, 1872; Stettin Ent. Ztg 33 (7-9) : 355, TL: Port Natal
Cycnia natalica Möschler, 1872; Stettin Ent. Ztg 33 (7-9) : 356, TL: Port Natal
Teracotona roseata Butler, 1878; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 : 382, TL: Natal
Teracotona submacula f. albiplaga Gaede, 1926; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 14: 111, TL: South West Africa
Teracotona submacula ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3 : 471; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 21

Larva on Tagetes Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 27

Teracotona subterminata Hampson, 1901

Ethiopia, Kenya. See [About maps] Teracotona subterminata Hampson, 1901; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3 : 471, pl. 50, f. 16, TL: [Kenya, Athi R.] Athi-ya-Mawe
Seirarctia sordida Rothschild, 1917; Novit. Zool. 24 (2): 483, TL: Ethiopia, Harrar
Teracotona subterminata ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 21

Teracotona translucens (Grünberg, 1907)

Zaire, Rwanda, Uganda. See [About maps] Seirarctia translucens Grünberg, 1907; Berl. Ent. Zs. 52 : 66, TL: East Africa, Bumbuli
Teracotona subflava Joicey & Talbot, 1924; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (3) : 550, TL: [Zaire] Rugege Forest; Karissimbi Forest, Kivu; Mikeno Volcano, Kivu
Teracotona translucens ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 21

Teracotona trifascia Bartel, 1903

East Africa, Angola. See [About maps] Teracotona trifascia Bartel, 1903; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1) : 201, TL: ? Nyassa
Teracotona trifascia ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 21

Teracotona wittei (Debauche, 1942)

Zaire, Uganda, Rwanda. See [About maps] Seirarctia wittei Debauche, 1942; Expl. Parc. nat. Albert Mission G. F. de Witte 41: 23, TL: Zaire, Parc Nat. Albert, Bishakishaki
Teracotona wittei ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 21

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Bartel, 1903

Neue aethiopische Arctiidae der Sammlung des Kgl. Museums für Naturkunde in Berlin Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1) : 170-214

Berio, 1939

Contributi alla conoscenza dei Lepidotteri eteroceri dell'Eritrea. I Mem. Soc. Ent. ital. 17 : 47-62

Butler, 1878

Description of new Lepidopera of the group Bombycites in the collection of the British Museum Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 : 381-388

Carcasson, 1965

New Lepidoptera from East Africa J. E. Africa nat. Hist. Soc. 25: 131-160

Debauche, 1942

Lepidoptera Heterocera Expl. Parc. nat. Albert Mission G. F. de Witte 41: 1-28

Felder, 1874

Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Behilfen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Band 2. Abtheilung 2. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (1): 1-136, pl. 1-21 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, [1865]), (2): 137-378, pl. 22-47 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1865), (3): 379-536, pl. 48-74 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1867), (4): 537-548, pl. 75-120, (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-9 (pl. 1-74), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) , (5): pl. 121-140, (erklärung) 1-10 (pl. 75-107), (Inhalts-Vers.) 1-20 (pl. 108-140), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)

Goodger & Watson, 1995

An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnosis and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiinae) The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths

Grünberg, 1907

Neue arfikanische Heteroceren nebst einigen synonymischen Bemerkungen Berl. Ent. Zs. 52 : 63-75

Hampson, 1900

The moths of South Africa (Part 1) Ann. S. Afric. Mus. 2: 33-66

Hampson, 1901

Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3 : i-xix, 1-690, pl. 36-54

Hampson, 1905

Description of new genera and species of Syntomidae, Arctiadae, Agaristidae, and Noctuidae Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 15 (89) : 425-453

Hampson, 1909

Descriptions of new genera and species of Syntomidae, Arctiadae, Agaristidae and Noctuiidae Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 4 (22) : 344-388

Hampson, 1911

Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Syntomidae, Arctiadae, Agaristidae, and Noctuidae Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 8 (46) : 393-445

Hampson, 1920

Catalogue of the Lithosiadae (Arctianae) and Phalaenoididae in the collection of the British Museum Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 1-592,592a,593-619, pl. 42-71

Holland, 1892

Descriptions of some new species of African Lepidoptera Entomologist 25 (Suppl.) : 89-95

Holland, 1896

List of the Lepidoptera Collected in Eastern Africa by Dr. W. L. Abbot, with descriptions of some apparently new Species Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 18 (1062) : 229-258, pl. 7-8

Joannis, 1912

Materiali per lo studio della fauna Eritrea Bull. Soc. Ent. Ital. 14: 115-147

Joicey & Talbot, 1924

New forms of African Lepidoptera Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (3) : 539-564

Möschler, 1872

Neue exotische Schmetterlinge Stettin Ent. Ztg 33 (7-9) : 336-362

Niepelt, 1937

Bemerkungen über einige alte und neue Lepidopteren aus Italienisch-Somaliland Festschrift für Dr Embrik Strand 3: 556-559

Rothschild, 1910

Descriptions of new species of Arctianae in the Tring Museum Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 172-188

Rothschild, 1917

Some new moths of the families Arctiidae and Eupterotidae Novit. Zool. 24 (2): 475-492

Rothschild, 1933

New species and subspecies of Arctiinae Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 11 (62): 167-194

Strand, 1909

Lepidoptera aus Deutsch-Ost Afrika Ent. Rundsch. 26: 107-109, 115-116

Strand, 1921

Systematisch-faunistische Beiträge zur Kenntnis exotischer Heterocera und Grypocera Archiv Naturgesch. 86 (A) 7: 113-172

Szent-Ivany, 1942

Eine neue Arctiidae aus Ost-Afrika Folia ent. hung. 8: 97-99

Szent-Ivany, 1942

Ostafricanische Heteroceren von Baron Bomemissza nd Kittenberger Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hungaricae, 35 (Zool.): 63-68

Toulgoët, 1977

Missions entomologiques en Ethiopie-Arctiidae et Nolidae Mem. Mus. Natnl Hist. Nat. (N.S.) (Zool.) 105: 68-81

Toulgoët, 1980

Description de nouvelles Arctiids Rev. Fr. Ent. (N.S.) 2: 1-9

Walker, 1855; Walker, 1856

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 1: 1-278 (1854), 2: 279-581 (1854), 3: 582-775 (1855), 4: 776-976 (1855), 5: 977-1258 (1855), 6: 1259-1508 (1855), 7: 1509-1808 (1856)

Walker, [1865]

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 1-322 ([1865]), 32: 323-706 (1865), 33: 707-1120 (1865), 34: 1121-1534 ([1866]), 35: 1535-2040 (1866)

Wichgraf, 1908

Neue Africanishe Heteroceren Ent. Z., Stuttgart 22: 106-107

Wichgraf, 1921

Neue Afrikanische Lepidoptera aus der Ertlschen Sammlung Int. ent. Z. 15: 93-95, 116-117, 157-158

Wiltshire, 1980

The larger moths of Dhofar and their zoogeographic composition J. Oman Studies, Spec. Rep. 2: 187-216

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