Heraclia aemulatrix (Westwood, 1881a)

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 395

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1
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scientific name	Heraclia aemulatrix (Westwood, 1881a)
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Heraclia aemulatrix (Westwood, 1881a) View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Owlet Moth, Underwing or Noctuid moth.

SYNONYM(S): Xanthospilopteryx mabillei Bartel, 1903b ; Xanthospilopteryx perpallida Jordan, 1913 ; Xanthospilopteryx suda Jordan, 1913 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka , in Lusaka Province; Mwinilunga, in Northwestern Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants unidentified decaying vegetable matter ( African Moths, 2019).

SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022.