Neomocena convergens ( Hering, 1928a )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 60-61

Neomocena convergens ( Hering, 1928a)

COMMON NAME (S): Convergent Slug. SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka, in Lusaka Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants are: one Theaceae species, Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze; one yet to be identified Rubiaceae species, Coffea sp. ; one Lythraceae species, Lagerstroemia indica L.; one yet to be identified

Proteaceae species, Macadamia sp. ; one identified and one yet to be identified Malvaceae species namely, Theobroma cacao L. and Corchorus sp. ; two Euphorbiaceae species, Acalypha glabrata Thunb.

and Ricinus communis L.; two Sapindaceae species Deinbollia oblongifolia (E.Mey. ex Arn.) Radlk.

and Dodonaea sp. ; one Ebenaceae species, Diospyros lycioides Desf. and one Celastraceae species,

Putterlickia verrucosa (E. Mey. ex Sond.) Szyszył.

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Janse 1964.

Genus Niphadolepis Karsch, 1896c