Life
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Ditrysia
Noctuoidea
Lymantriidae
- Cropera Walker, 1855
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Cropera Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 4: 825, TS: Cropera testacea Walker
Laeliophila Hering, 1932; Revue Zool. Bot. Afr. 22 : 105, TS: Laeliophila seydeli Hering
Cropera (Liparinae) ; Swinhoe, 1922, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 10 (58): 473
Cropera confalonierii Berio, 1937; Ann. Mus. Stor. nat. Genova 58: 148, TL: Juba
Cropera confalonierii ; [NHM]
Angola. See [About maps]
Cropera celaenogyia Collenette, 1936; Novit. zool. 40 : 148, TL: Angola
Cropera celaenogyia ; [NHM]
Sierra Leone. See [About maps]
Artaxa modesta Schaus & Clements, 1893; Sierra Leone Lep.: 26, TL: Sierra Leone
Cropera modesta ; [NHM]
N.Nigeria. See [About maps]
Laelia nigripes Hampson, 1910; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 5 (29): 441, TL: N.Nigeria, Borgu, Yelwa Lake
Cropera nigripes ; [NHM]
Congo. See [About maps]
Baziza phaeophlebia Hampson, 1910; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 : 455, TL: Congo, Katanga
Cropera phaeophlebia ; [NHM]
Mashonaland. See [About maps]
Laelia phlebilis Hampson, 1905; Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 3 : 394, TL: Salisbury, Mashonaland
Cropera phlebilis ; [NHM]
S.Africa. See [About maps]
Laelia sericea Hampson, 1910; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 5 (29): 441, TL: Warmbad, Transvaal
Cropera sericea ; [NHM]
Angola. See [About maps]
Cropera sericoptera Collenette, 1932; Novit. Zool. 37 : 159, pl. 1, f. 34, TL: Muene Jndala, Angola
Cropera sericoptera ; [NHM]
Zaire, Angola. See [About maps]
Laeliophila seydeli Hering, 1932; Revue Zool. Bot. Afr. 22 : 105, pl. 2, f. 23, TL: Elisabethville
Cropera aphanta Collenette, 1954; Proc. R. Ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 23 : 146, TL: Elizabethville, Congo
Cropera rhabdophora Collenette, 1956; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (12) 8: 643, pl. 16, f. 8, TL: Mt. Moco, Angola
Cropera seydeli ; [NHM]
Cropera stilpnaroma Hering, 1926; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 14: 135, TL: Lake Nyassa
Cropera stilpnaroma ; [NHM]
Sudan. See [About maps]
Crorema sudanica Strand, 1915; Arch. Naturgescb. 80 A (10) : 101, TL: Schambeh, Bahr el Djebel
Cropera sudanica ; [NHM]
S.Africa, E.Africa, Sudan. See [About maps]
Cropera testacea Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 4: 826:Natal
Laelia seminuda Hampson, 1910; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 5 (29): 441, TL: Sudan, White Nile, Roseires
Cropera testacea ; Swinhoe, 1922, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 10 (58): 473; [NHM]
Congo. See [About maps]
Cropera unipunctata Wichgraf, 1921; Int. ent. Z. 15: 93, TL: Kurasini, German East Africa
unipunctata phaedra (Collenette, 1960) (Cropera[?]); Ann. Mus. Congo Belge (8) Sci. Zool. 80 : 15, TL: Congo
Cropera unipunctata ; [NHM]
Congo. See [About maps]
Cropera xanthophaes Collenette, 1960; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge (8) Sci. Zool. 80 : 14, TL: Congo
Cropera xanthophaes ; [NHM]
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- References:
- [About maps]
- Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
- [NHM]
- Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
- Some related literature:
- Collenette, 1932
- New African and Indo-Australian Lymantriidae
Novit. Zool. 37
: 159-180
- Collenette, 1936
- Dr. Karl Jordan's expedition to south-west Africa and Angola: new Lymantriidae from Angola
Novit. zool. 40
: 147-152,169, pl. 12
- Collenette, 1954
- New and litle-known African Lymantriidae (Lepidoptera: Heterocera)
Proc. R. Ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 23
: 146-154, pl. 1
- Hampson, 1905
- The Moths of South Africa (Part 3)
Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 3
: 389-438
- Hampson, 1910
- Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent Territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1910
: 388-510, pl. 34-41
- Hampson, 1910
- Description of new African Moths
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8)
5 (29): 430-464,
5 (30): 465-496,
6 (31): 116-141,
6 (32): 145-160
- Hering, 1932
- Neue Heteroceren aus Africa
Revue Zool. Bot. Afr. 22
: 102-117
- Schaus & Clements, 1893
- On a collection of Sierra Leone Lepidoptera
Sierra Leone Lep.: 46pp, 3pls
- Strand, 1915
- Lepidoptera aus Ober-Aegypten und dem Aegyptischen Sudan
Arch. Naturgescb. 80 A (10)
: 95-112
- Swinhoe, 1922
- A revision of the genera of the family Liparidae
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9)
10 (58): 449-484,
11 (61): 47-97,
11 (63): 289-304,
11 (64): 400-442
- Walker, 1855
- 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)
- Wichgraf, 1921
- Neue Afrikanische Lepidoptera aus der Ertlschen Sammlung
Int. ent. Z. 15: 93-95, 116-117, 157-158
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