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Rhodogastria Hübner, [1819]: Rhodogastria Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (11): 172, TS: Phalaena amasis Cramer
Dionychopus Herrich-Schäffer, 1855; Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 6 (68): 94, 96, TS: Phalaena amasis Cramer
Munychia Wallengren, 1858; Öfvers. K.VetenskAkad. Förh. Stockh., 15: 213, TS: Munychia callipyga Wallengren
Dionychopus ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 424
Rhodogastria ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 498; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 16

Rhodogastria amasis (Cramer, [1779])

S.Africa. See [About maps] Phalaena amasis Cramer, [1779]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (17-21): 23, pl. 206, f. B, TL: Surinam [= error, S.Africa]
Noctua serici Thunberg, 1781; Kong. Vetenskaps Acad. Nya Hanldl. 2: 240, TL: Japan [= error, S.Africa]
Chelonia erythronota Boisduval, 1847; in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2: 598, TL: [S.Africa] Pays de Massilicatzi
Aloa delineata Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 3: 700, TL: Cape; Port Natal
Munychia callipyga Wallengren, 1858; Öfvers. K.VetenskAkad. Förh. Stockh., 15: 214, TL: S.Africa, Caffraria
Bombyx thunbergii Guérin-Méneville, 1862; Revue Mag. Zool. (2) 17: 351, TL: [Southern Africa]
Dionychopus amasis ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 424, f. 172
Rhodogastria amasis ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 16, f. 24, 126-127

Larva on Rhus, Senecio, Tagetes, Cotyledon, Cassia, Acacia, Passiflora caerulea, Calodendrum, Cestrum, Clerodendrum Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 26

Rhodogastria similis (Möschler, 1884)

S.Africa. See [About maps] Dionychopus similis Möschler, 1884; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 33: 288, TL: Cape; Kaffarland
Rhodogastria similis ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 16

Larva on Pelargonium, Prunus armeniaca Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 26

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[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.
[HBN]: Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

Some related literature:

Boisduval, 1847: Catalogue des Lépidoptères recuellis par M. Delegorgue, 1833-1844 in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2: 585-614
Cramer, [1779]: Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 3 (17-21): 1-104, pl. 193-252 (1779), (22): 105-128, pl. 253-264 ([1780]), (23-24): 129-176, pl. 265-288 (1780)
Goodger & Watson, 1995: An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnosis and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiinae) The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths
Guérin-Méneville, 1862: Note provisoire sur un nouveau ver à soie observé pur M. le capitaine d vaisseau Fleuriot de Langle pendant une station à Madagascar Revue Mag. Zool. (2) 17: 345-352
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
Herrich-Schäffer, 1855: Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa, zugleich als Text, Revision und Supplement zu J. Hübner's Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge, Sechter un letzter Band, 1843-1856 Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 6 (i) Erkl. Taf. Umrissen [Macrolep.], (ii) Erläuterung Taf. Umrissen Microlep., Nachtrag zum ersten Bande, (iv) Syst. Lep. Europae, (1): (i) pl. [I] (1843), (3): (i) [I]-II, pl. II-IV (1844), (6): (i) pl. V (1844), (7): (i) pl. VI (1844), (8): (i) III-X, pl. VII-VIII (1844), (9): (i) pl. IX-XI (1844), (11): (i) pl. XII (1845), (13): (i) XI-XIV, pl. XIII-XIV (1846), (17): (i) pl. XVI (1846), (22): (ii) pl. I-III (1847), (35): (i) pl. XV (1848), (36): (i) pl. XVII-XIX (1848), (37): (i) pl. XX (1849), (?38): (i) XV-XVIII (1849), (38): (i) pl. XXI-XXII (1849), (40): (ii) [I]-II-IV, pl. IV-IX (1849), (48): [1], 2-24 (1851), (55): 25-80, (iv) [1], 2-36 (1852), (60): (ii) V-VIII, pl. X-XIV (iv) 37-40 (1853), (65): (iv) 41-60 (1854), (66): (iv) 61-72 (1855), (68): 81-152 (1855), (69): 153-178, (Index univ.) [1], 2-48 (1856), (Schlusswort) [i-iv] (1856)
Hübner, [1819]: Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
Möschler, 1884: Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-fauna des Kafferlands Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 33: 267-310 (?1883)
Thunberg, 1781: beskrifning på en ny Silkes-Moth ifrån Japan, Noctua serici Kallad Kong. Vetenskaps Acad. Nya Hanldl. 2: 240-243
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)

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