Sciomesa mesophaea ( Aurivillius, 1910b )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 424

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C5E9-FE7E-62F6-FE7BFDAE99C9

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scientific name

Sciomesa mesophaea ( Aurivillius, 1910b )
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Sciomesa mesophaea ( Aurivillius, 1910b)

COMMON NAME (S): Owlet Moth, Underwing or Noctuid moth. SYNONYM(S): Conicofrontia mesoscia Hampson, 1918a ; Sciomesa etchecopari Laporte, 1975 View in CoL ; Sciomesa constantini Laporte, 1984 ;

Sciomesa mirifica Laporte, 1984 . IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE). DISTRIBUTION: Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Mpika, in Muchinga Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants include the following Typhaceae View in CoL species; Typha domingensis Pers. View in CoL and T. latifolia View in CoL L. ( Moyal et al. 2010). They also include the following Cyperaceae View in CoL species; Schoenoplectus sp. , Cyperus dives View in CoL

Delile, C. aterrimus Hochst. ex Steud. View in CoL , C. congestus Vahl View in CoL , C. dichrostachyus Hochst. View in CoL , C. involucratus View in CoL

Rottb. and C. solidus Kunth ( Moyal et al. 2010) . SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; Fletcher 1963; Moyal et al. 2010.

Genus Sesamia Guenée, 1852a View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Noctuidae

Genus

Sciomesa

Loc

Sciomesa mesophaea ( Aurivillius, 1910b )

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

Sciomesa constantini

Laporte 1984
1984
Loc

Sciomesa mirifica

Laporte 1984
1984
Loc

Sciomesa etchecopari

Laporte 1975
1975
Loc

Conicofrontia mesoscia

Hampson 1918
1918
Loc

Sesamia Guenée, 1852a

Guenee 1852
1852
Loc

Typhaceae

de Jussieu 1789
1789
Loc

Cyperaceae

de Jussieu 1789
1789
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