Bombycopsis nigrovittata Aurivillius, 1927

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 121

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1
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scientific name	Bombycopsis nigrovittata Aurivillius, 1927
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COMMON NAME (S): Eggar, Snout moth (although this also refers to the Pyralidae ) or Lappet moth.

SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia , South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: ‘Lusaka’, in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include Volkameria glabra (E.Mey.) Mabb. & Y.W.Yuan (Lamiaceae) , Halleria lucida L. ( Stilbaceae ) and Emilia discifolia (Oliv.) C.Jeffrey ( Compositae .

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Joannou & Kŗger 2009.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Lasiocampidae
Genus	Bombycopsis

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