Colocleora proximaria ( Walker, 1860b )
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C499-FF0E-62F6-FAC4FCDA9C96 |
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Colocleora proximaria ( Walker, 1860b ) |
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Colocleora proximaria ( Walker, 1860b) View in CoL
COMMON NAME (S): Pale Dusty Brindle.
SYNONYM(S): None.
IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).
DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: ‘Lusaka’, in Lusaka Province.
LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): In South and East Africa host plants of the taxon are Albizia gummifera (Gmel.) C. A. Smith., A. adianthifolia (Schum.) W. H. Wight and Acacia pubescens (Vent.) R.Br. (Fabaceae) , while in Zambia are not specified. The African Moths (2019) lists the following four Fabaceae species as larval foodplants of the taxon: Acacia mearnsii De Wild. , Acacia sassa (Willd.) Baillon ex Drake , Albizia adianthifolia (Schum.) W. H. Wight and A. gummifera (J.F.Gmel.) C.A.Sm.
SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Pinhey 1975.
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