Caradrina atriluna Guenée, 1852a

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 420-421

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	Caradrina atriluna Guenée, 1852a
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Caradrina atriluna Guenée, 1852a View in CoL

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

SYNONYM(S): Caradrina indicata Walker, 1857a ; Caradrina mediterraneae Bethune-Baker, 1894 ; Caradrina distincta Staudinger, 1898 ; Athetis angularis Turati, 1935 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Algeria, Chad, Cyprus, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Israel, Kenya, Libya, Morocco, Oman Saint Helena _ Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Kabwe, in Central Province ; Lower Zambezi valley, in Southern and Lusaka Provinces; Lusaka , in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Pistacia atlantica Desf. (Anacardiaceae) and Prosopis farcta (Banks & Sol.) J.F.Macbr. ( Fabaceae ) are the larval foodplants in Israel ( Hacker 2016). No Larval foodplants unknown in Zambia.

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c.

Genus Conservula Grote, 1874 View in CoL