Julodis humeralis Gory, 1840
General distribution: Namibia, South Africa
Province records: ER, HA, KA, KH, KU, OD, OT
NA, Erongo, Gross Spitzkuppe, ~1500 m.s.l., MNCA.
Type locality:
Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Type repository:
Lectotype ♀: MNHN
Ecology:
Host-plants: Catophractes alexandri D. Don (Bignoniaceae), Lycium bosciifolium Schinz (Solanaceae), Tribulus terrestris L. (Zygophyllaceae) and Montinia caryophyllacea Thunb. (Montiniaceae) (Gussmann & Holm 2004). Imagines frequently on Sisyndite spartea E. Mey. ex Sond. (Zygophyllaceae).
Flight period:
I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, IX, X, XI
Size:
22.7-35 mm
Remarks:
Widespread and common species.
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