Afromurzinia lutescens ( Walker, 1855a )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 280-281

Afromurzinia lutescens ( Walker, 1855a)

COMMON NAME (S): Translucent Ermine.

SYNONYM(S): Spilosoma semihyalina Bartel, 1903a .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia,

Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka, in Lusaka Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants in Ghana include: four Myrtaceae species ( Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh. , E. deglupta Blume , E. rudis Endl and Corymbia torelliana (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson ), two Fabaceae species ( Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. ex DC. and Senna siamea (Lam.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby ) and one

Verbenaceae species ( Gmelina arborea Roxb. ) ( Wagner et al. 2008) and one Asparagaceae species

( Albuca virens (Lindl.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt ), one Poaceae species ( Zea mays L. ), one Aizoaceae species ( Mesembryanthemum sp. ), one Solanaceae species ( Solanum sp. ), one Bignoniaceae species

( Tecomaria sp. ), one Verbenaceae species ( Lantana sp. ) and one Fabaceae species ( Cassia sp. ) in unnamed African country or countries ( Hampson 1920b; Pinhey 1975). Additionally, the African Moths

(2019) webpage lists the following as larval foodplants for this taxon: three Fabaceae species (i.e. Senna multiglandulosa (Jacq.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby , Acacia pubescens (Vent.) R.Br. and Entada abyssinica

Steud. ex A.Rich.), one Solanaceae species ( Solanum seaforthianum Andrews ), one Plantaginaceae species ( Russelia equisetiformis Schltdl. & Cham. [Firecracker plant], two Asteraceae species ( Bidens pilosa L. [Black-jack], and Helianthus annuus L. [Common sunflower]), one Poaceae species ( Zea mays

L. [maize or corn], and one yet to be identified Convolvulaceae species ( Ipomoea sp. ).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1920b; Pinhey 1975; Wagner et al. 2008.

Genus Afronyctemera Dubatolov, 2006a