Paralacydes arborifera ( Butler, 1875b )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 288

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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-C551-FEC6-62F6-FC28FD979FE5

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scientific name

Paralacydes arborifera ( Butler, 1875b )
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COMMON NAME (S): Branched Ermine.

SYNONYM(S): Eutaenia scapulosa Wallengren, 1875 ; Caligula wallengreni Aurivillius, 1879 ; Conchylia smithii Holland, 1897 ; Lacydes gracilis Butler, 1898 ; Amsacta impia Strand, 1909a .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia , Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Chisamba and Serenje, in Central Province ; Luanshya, in Copperbelt Province ; Kafue and Lusaka , in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): According to the African Moths (2019) webpage, larval foodplants of this taxon include the flat-leaved African Hyacinth, Ledebouria ovatifolia (Baker) Jessop (Asparagaceae) .

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

Genus Paralpenus Watson, 1989

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Erebidae

Genus

Paralacydes

Family

Name

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Paralacydes arborifera ( Butler, 1875b )

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

Paralpenus

Watson 1989
1989
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