Hypena fumidalis Zeller, 1852

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 356

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C52D-FEBA-62F6-FC8FFE4D9E92
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Hypena fumidalis Zeller, 1852
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Hypena fumidalis Zeller, 1852 View in CoL

COMMON NAME(S): Streaked Snout. SYNONYM(S): Hypena abyssinialis Guenée, 1854 View in CoL ; Hypena ignotalis Walker, 1859a View in CoL ; Hypena dispunctalis Walker, 1866a View in CoL . IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE). DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Bahrain, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia,

Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia,

Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Kafue, in Lusaka Province; Mbala, in Northern Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Lantana camara , a Verbenaceae invasive plant species is reported as host plant of the taxon in the United

Arab Emirates ( Fibiger & Legrain, 2009). The same plant species is also repoted as host plant in African countries ( Gardner, 1941). The African Moths (2019) webpage, on the other hand, also includes the

Verbenaceae View in CoL species Lantana indica Roxb. View in CoL as a larval foodplant of the taxon. SOURCES: African Moths 2019; Catalogue of Life 2017; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Fibiger & Legrain 2009; Pinhey 1975; Gardner

1941; Hacker 2021.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Erebidae
Genus	Hypena