Ariathisa abyssinia ( Guenée, 1852a )
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C5EF-FE78-62F6-FF6CFE4C9962 |
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Ariathisa abyssinia ( Guenée, 1852a ) |
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Ariathisa abyssinia ( Guenée, 1852a)
COMMON NAME (S): Owlet Moth, Underwing or Noctuid moth. SYNONYM(S): Noctua excisa Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 ; Ariathisa atrosignata Walker, 1865c ; Ariathisa europaea Fernández, 1928 ; Ariathisa fasciculata Berio, 1973 View in CoL .
IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).
DISTRIBUTION: Burundi, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: ‘Lusaka’, in Lusaka Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): According to the African Moths (2019) website, larval foodplants of the taxon include: one Anacardiaceae species, Rhus pyroides (Burch.) Moffett ; one Cyperaceae species, Cyperus rotundus L.; one Poaceae species, Oryza sativa L. [Rice]; two Pinaceae species, Pinus patula Schltdl. & Cham. and Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco [Douglas-fir] and one Solanaceae species, Solanum tuberosum L.
SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022.
Genus Athetis H̡bner, 1821
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Ariathisa abyssinia ( Guenée, 1852a )
| Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De 2023 |
Ariathisa fasciculata
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Ariathisa europaea Fernández, 1928
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Ariathisa atrosignata
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Noctua excisa Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
| Herrich-Schaffer 1854 |