Calesia zambesita Walker, 1865c

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 334-335

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C503-FE97-62F6-F880FDA39BFD

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scientific name

Calesia zambesita Walker, 1865c
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Calesia zambesita Walker, 1865c View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): White Chain or or Erebine Moth.

SYNONYM(S): Asymbata roseiventris Gerstäcker, 1871 ; Calesia sambesita Hampson, 1902 a .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia , Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Type locality is Zambesi [now Zambezi] River (But not clear from the record in the literature, which part of Zambia). LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include two Acanthaceae species namely Dyschoriste thunbergiiflora Lindau and

Thunbergia erecta T.Anderson. SOURCES : African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c.

Genus Calliodes Guenée, 1852c View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Erebidae

Genus

Calesia

Family

Name

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Calesia zambesita Walker, 1865c

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De 2023
2023
Loc

Calliodes Guenée, 1852c

Guenee 1852
1852
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