Scopula caesaria ( Walker, 1861a )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 250-251

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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treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Scopula caesaria ( Walker, 1861a )
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Scopula caesaria ( Walker, 1861a) View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Geometer moth.

SYNONYM(S): Acidalia obturbata Walker, 1861a ; Acidalia perfectaria Walker, 1861b ; Acidalia faeculentaria Mabille, 1880e ; Craspedia rufimixtaria Warren, 1900b ; Scopula walkeros Wiltshire, 1980 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Comoros, Eswatini, Gambia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Oman, Réunion, Sierra Leone, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.Also occurs in Australasian region: Australia; Oriental region: New Guinea, Sri Lanka.

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

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Unknown.

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Pinhey 1975.