Samea multiplicalis Guenée, 1854

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 114-115

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

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C43F-FFAB-62F6-F948FD9F9AD6

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scientific name

Samea multiplicalis Guenée, 1854
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Samea multiplicalis Guenée, 1854 View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Salvinia stem-borer moth

SYNONYM(S): Samea discessalis Walker, 1866a ; Lepyrodes nicaeusalis Walker, 1859b .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Botswana, South Africa, Zambia.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lake Kariba, in Lusaka and Southern Provinces.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): An exotic taxon introduced to Botswana and Zambia to control the aquatic weed salvinia.

SOURCES: Neuenschwander et al. 2003.

Genus Sameodes Snellen, 1880c View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Crambidae

Genus

Samea

Loc

Samea multiplicalis Guenée, 1854

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

Sameodes

Snellen 1880
1880
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