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Epatolmis Butler, 1877: Epatolmis Butler, 1877; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1877: 348, TS: Atolmis japonica Walker

Epatolmis caesarea (Goeze, 1781)

EU, Asia Minor, S.Siberia, Amur, Korea, Japan. See [About maps] Trauerspinner Kaiserbär Le Deuil cigány-medvelepke
Phalaena caesarea Goeze, 1781; Ent. Beyträge 3 (3): 63
Bombyx luctifera Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775; Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend: 54 (nom. nud.)
Phalaena luctifera Esper, 1784; Die Schmett. 3: 222, pl. 43, f. 1-5
lugens (Thunberg, 1788)
?Bombyx morio Schrank, 1801; Fauna Boica 2 (1): 250
Atolmis japonica Walker, [1865]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 223, TL: Japan
Estigmene moerens Butler, 1885; Cistula Ent., 3: 114, TL: Japan, Nikko
Epatolmis caesarea, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Phragmatobia luctifera, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Diacrisia caesarea ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 313
Phragmatobia caesarea caesarea ; de Freina, 1999, Atalanta 30 (1/4): 241
Epatolmis caesarea ; [DubA, #98]; [DubP]

Larva on Rubus, Atriplex, Cynoglossum, Plantago, Veronica, Stellaria, Galium, Hieracium, Euphorbia [BSW]

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References:

[About maps]: Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BSW]: de Freina, J. J., Witt, T. J, 1987; Die Bombyces und Sphinges der Westpalearktis; ISBN 3-926285-00-1
[DubA]: Dubatolov, 1996; A list of the Arctiinae of the territory of the former U.S.S.R (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae); In: Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, Band 37: 39-89; A web presentation of the list.
[MBE]: Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/
[SZMN]: Lepidoptera; Siberian Zoological Museum

Some related literature:

Butler, 1885: Descriptions of moths new to Japan, collected by Messrs Lewis and Pryer Cistula Ent., 3: 113-139
de Freina, 1999: Beitrag zur systematischen Erfassung der Bombyces- und Sphinges-Fauna Kleinasiens, Weitere Kenntnisse über Artenspektrum, Systematik und Verbreitung der Lasiocampidae, Lemoniidae, Notodontidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae und Cymatophoridae Atalanta 30 (1/4): 187-257
Goeze, 1781: Entomologische Beyträge zu des Ritter Linné zwolften Ausgabe des Natursystems Ent. Beyträge 3 (3): xlvii + 439pp
Hampson, 1901: Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: xix+690pp
Schrank, 1801: Fauna Boica, Durchgedachte Geschichte der in Baiern einheimischen und zahmen Thiere. 2 (1) Fauna Boica 2 (1): -
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)

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