Crambus proteus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pyraloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Pyraloidea

Familia: Crambidae
Subfamilia: Crambinae
Tribus: Crambini
Genus: Crambus
Species: Crambus proteus

Name

Crambus proteus Bassi & Mey, 2011

Type locality: RSA, Western Cape, Knysna, Garden of Eden.

Holotype: TMSA. male ♂. 16-20.I.1955. leg. A.J.T. Janse.

Paratypes: RSA, Western Cape: 1♂, 2♀♀; same data as holotype, Coll. Bassi; 2♀♀; Cape Town, Table Mt., II.1919, K. Barnard legit, SAM. 3♂♂, 3♀♀; Cape Town, III.1912, Lord Gladstone legit, TMSA; 1♂, 2♀♀; Cape Town, IV.1912, Lord Gladstone legit; GS 3757 GB, TMSA and Coll. Bassi; 1♂; Swellendam, 9.III.1980, Scoble & Kroon legit; GS 3578 GB, TMSA. 1 ♂; Hogsback (32 27 CA), 24-25.II.1978, M. J. Scoble legit, TMSA; 8 ♀♀; Deepwalls For. Res. nr Knysna, 17-21.II.1978, M. J. Scoble legit,TMSA; 1♂; Tokai, 11.III.1956, CGC. Dickson legit; GS 3771 GB, TMSA; 1♀; Kogelberg, Nature Reserve, 14-21.III.1983, Kroon & Molekane legit; GS 3753 GB, Coll. Bassi; 11♂♂, 5♀♀; Stellenbosch, Assegaibosch N.R., 25.III.2009, LF, W. Mey legit; GS 5193 and 5210 GB, MFNB and Coll. Bassi; RSA, Eastern Cape. 1♀; Zingcuka Forest, Mt. Fletcher Dist., 28.XI.1976, D.M. Kroon legit, Kroon Coll.

References

Mey, W., 2011: New and little known species of Lepidoptera of southwestern Africa. Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 6: 146–261.
Bassi, G., 2013: Notes on some Old World Prionapterygini Landry, 1995 (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae, Crambinae), with descriptions of new species. Revue suisse de zoologie, Genève 120 (1): 131–160.