Philotherma sordida Aurivillius, 1905a
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C4CC-FF5B-62F6-FF24FDD8985A |
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Plazi |
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Philotherma sordida Aurivillius, 1905a |
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Philotherma sordida Aurivillius, 1905a View in CoL
COMMON NAME (S): Eggar, Snout moth (although this also refers to the Pyralidae ) or Lappet moth.
SYNONYM(S): Philotherma testaceicornis Strand, 1912e .
IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).
DISTRIBUTION: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda, Zambia.
LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka and Kafue, in Lusaka Province.
LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants include Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. ( Convolvulaceae ) and Shirakiopsis elliptica (Hochst.)
Esser ( Euphorbiaceae ).
SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c.
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