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Aug 4, 2021DOI:
10.4314/met.v32i1.1Keywords:
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Notes on the life history and taxonomy of Cerurina marshalli (Noctuoidea: Notodontidae: Cerurinae)
Lydia R. J. Mulvaney
Abstract
The final instar larvae of the Notodontidae species, Cerurina marshalli (Hampson, 1910) are described and illustrated in detail, with notes on habitat, host-plants and distribution of the species. Photographs of the eggs, larvae and adults are included with observations on characteristic larval defensive behaviour. Based on striking differences in the larvae and adult genitalia, Cerurina marshalli argentata (Gaede, 1934) is transferred from the genus Cerurina to Afrocerura and synonymised with Afrocerura cameroona (Bethune-Baker, 1927) (=Afrocerura argentata comb. nov., syn. nov.).
