Mentaxya ignicollis ( Walker, 1857b )
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C5E8-FE7F-62F6-FE0FFDEB9905 |
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Plazi |
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Mentaxya ignicollis ( Walker, 1857b ) |
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Mentaxya ignicollis ( Walker, 1857b) View in CoL
COMMON NAME (S): Lichen Quaker.
SYNONYM(S): Mentaxya comorana Viette, 1960 ; Lycophotia ignetincta Hampson, 1918a ; Mentaxya trisellatoides Laporte, 1973a .
IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).
DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Cameroon, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Republic of Congo, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: ‘Lusaka’, in Lusaka Province.
LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include potato, Solanum tuberosum L. (Solanaceae) , Eragrostis tef (Zuccagni) Trotter (Poaceae) .
SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Kopij 2006; Pinhey 1975.
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Mentaxya ignicollis ( Walker, 1857b )
| Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De 2023 |
Micragrotis
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