Theretra monteironis ( Butler, 1882b )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 189

Theretra monteironis ( Butler, 1882b)

COMMON NAME (S): Lesser Cream Striped Hawkmoth or Lesser Cream Striped Hawk. SYNONYM(S): None. IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE). DISTRIBUTION: Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka, in Lusaka Province; Kaoma, in Western Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval host-plants include two Araceae species ( Zantedeschia sp. and Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.)

Spreng.) in South Africa ( Pinhey 1975; van den Berg et al. 1975). Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.)

( Araceae ), Arum sp. (Araceae) and Richardia sp. (Rubiaceae) are listed as larval foodplants of the taxon by the African Moths (2019) webpage. SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Pinhey 1975; van den Berg et al. 1975.