Afroracotis squalida ( Butler, 1878a )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 207

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15196994
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C480-FF17-62F6-FE88FE4A99A5
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Afroracotis squalida ( Butler, 1878a )
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Afroracotis squalida ( Butler, 1878a)

COMMON NAME(S): Geometer moth.

SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE)

DISTRIBUTION: Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Republic of Congo, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITIES IN ZAMBIA: Ndole Bay, on the shores of the lake Tanganyika, 777m, 08°28’42”S, 30°26’59”E, Lunzua Falls GoogleMaps , 20 km South of Mpulungu, 1416m, 08°55’38”S, 31°09’31”E, both localities in Northern Province; Kalene Hill ( Miombo woodland), 1440m, 11°11’11”S, 24°12’5”E, Nyangombe Falls, ( Miombo / Riverine forest mosaic), 1300m, 11°48’25”S, 24°32’12”E, Hillwood, Ikelenge, 1400m, 11°16’02”S, 24°18’59’ E, Chitunta Plain GoogleMaps ( Miombo GoogleMaps / Dambo GoogleMaps mosaic), 1396m, 11°29’12”S, 24°24’18”E and Jiwundu Swamp GoogleMaps , ( Miombo GoogleMaps / Riverine forest GoogleMaps mosaic), 1340m, 11°51’54”S, 25°33’20”E, all five localities in Northwestern Province; Greystone, Kitwe, 1179m, 12°55’50”S, 28°14’29”E, in Copperbelt Province; Danger Hill, 30 km N of Mpika, 1684m, 11°37’38”S, 31°33’56”E and Mutinondo Wilderness GoogleMaps Area, Mpika, 1460 m, S12 °27’06”, E31 °17’30” both localities in Muchinga Province.