Sesamia epunctifera Hampson, 1902

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-C5E9-FE71-62F6-F8D7FC369B4A
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Sesamia epunctifera Hampson, 1902
status

COMMON NAME (S): Owlet Moth, Underwing or Noctuid moth.

SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Loangwa [now Luangwa] valley, N.E. Rhodesia [now N.E. Zambia), Easternn Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants are the Poaceae species Panicum maximum Jacq. and another unspecified Panicum species ( Moyal et al. 2011).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c.

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