Species Chiriphe pelochroa (Hampson, 1914)

Chiriphe pelochroa (Hampson, 1914), male

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Museums

Regional Maps

• Caprimima pelochroa Hampson, G.F. 1914. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Amatidae and Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosianae) in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. Supp. 1 xxviii 858 pp., 41 pls. [611].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, (Specimen labelled as type in ANIC has collection data "Brisbane 4-7-07"; Hampson described the species from a male collected in Kuranda, so the type status of the specimen in the ANIC is dubious).

Generic Combinations

• Damias pelochroa (Hampson, 1914). —
  Edwards, E.D. 1996. Arctiidae. pp.278-286 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [280]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

History of changes