Macroplectra rufopallens (Hampson, 1910)

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 59-60

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-C474-FFE2-62F6-F99CFDA29AD6
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Macroplectra rufopallens (Hampson, 1910)
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Macroplectra rufopallens (Hampson, 1910) View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Slug-caterpillar moth or Cup-cocoon moth.

SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Guinea, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Syntype male (³), Upp. Luangwa Vy [Altitude 1600–2000 ft or 487.7– 609.6 m] and Mid Luangwa Valley [Altitude 1700 ft or 518.2 m], N.E. Rhodesia [now N.E. Zambia], Eastern Province .

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Unknown.

SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c.

Genus Micraphe Karsch, 1896c View in CoL