Hypena fumidalis Zeller, 1852

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 356

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6
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scientific name	Hypena fumidalis Zeller, 1852
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Hypena fumidalis Zeller, 1852 View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Streaked Snout. SYNONYM(S): Hypena abyssinialis Guenée, 1854 View in CoL ; Hypena ignotalis Walker, 1859a View in CoL ; Hypena dispunctalis Walker, 1866a View in CoL . IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE). DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Bahrain, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia,

Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia View in CoL , Nigeria, Oman, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia,

Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Kafue, in Lusaka Province; Mbala, in Northern Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Lantana camara , a Verbenaceae invasive plant species is reported as host plant of the taxon in the United

Arab Emirates ( Fibiger & Legrain, 2009). The same plant species is also repoted as host plant in African countries ( Gardner, 1941). The African Moths (2019) webpage, on the other hand, also includes the

Verbenaceae View in CoL species Lantana indica Roxb. View in CoL as a larval foodplant of the taxon. SOURCES: African Moths 2019; Catalogue of Life 2017; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Fibiger & Legrain 2009; Pinhey 1975; Gardner

1941; Hacker 2021.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Erebidae
Genus	Hypena