Mesogenea varians Hampson, 1902

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 322

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1
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scientific name	Mesogenea varians Hampson, 1902
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Mesogenea varians Hampson, 1902 View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Diverse Rustic. SYNONYM(S): None. IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE). DISTRIBUTION: Cabo Verde, Democratic Republic of Congo , Malawi , Mozambique , South Africa , Tanzania , Zambia , Zimbabwe. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Kasumbalesa and Chingola , in Copperbelt Province; Kaoma , in Western Province; Choma , in Southern

Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): In Zimbabwe, the Caesalpiniaceae species, Brachystegia boehmii , is one of the host plants of the taxon ( Masterson & Weaving 1975). The African Moths (2019) webpage reports a yet to be identified

Macadamia sp. (Proteaceae) as larval foodplant of the taxon. SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; Masterson & Weaving 1975; Pinhey 1975.

Genus Oraesia Guenée, 1852b View in CoL

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

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