Sarothroceras

Sarothroceras is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by Paul Mabille in 1889. Its only species, Sarothroceras banaka, was first described by Carl Plötz in 1880. It is found in Benin, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda.[1][2][3][4]

Sarothroceras
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Calpinae
Genus:
Sarothroceras

Mabille, 1889
Species:
S. banaka
Binomial name
Sarothroceras banaka
(Plötz, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Dichromia  banaka Plötz, 1880
  • Phaegorista pallida H. Druce, 1883
  • Sarothroceras alluaudi Mabille, 1889
  • Sarothroceras rhomboidea Weymer, 1892
  • Sarothroceras sordidus Rothschild, 1896
  • Sarothroceras alluaudi var. tessmanni Gaede, 1914

References
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Sarothroceras banaka (Plötz, 1880)". Afromoths. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Sarothroceras​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
  3. Savela, Markku (April 4, 2020). "Sarothroceras Mabille, 1889". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
  4. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Sarothroceras Mabille, 1889". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved June 28, 2020.


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