Traminda obversata ( Walker, 1861b )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 254

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1
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scientific name	Traminda obversata ( Walker, 1861b )
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COMMON NAME (S): Geometer moth.

SYNONYM(S): Timandra atroviridata Saalm ̧ller, 1880; Traminda decessata Saalm ̧ller, 1891; Traminda glauca Warren, 1897a ; Lipomelia striata Warren, 1897b .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Réunion, Sao Tome & Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Petauke, in Eastern Province ; Chambeshi valley and Kasama district , in Northern Province .

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include: three Fabaceae species namely, Vachellia karroo (Hayne) Banfi & Galasso , Newtonia buchananii (Baker) G.C.C.Gilbert & Boutique and a yet to be identified Albizia sp. and a Rubiaceae species, Coffea sp.

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