Praedora plagiata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 202

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scientific name	Praedora plagiata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
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COMMON NAME (S): Speckled Hawkmoth.

SYNONYM(S): Praedora meridionalis Kiriakoff, 1954a .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka , in Lusaka Province; Abercorn [now Mbala], in Northern Province ; Lake Kashiba (south-west of Luanshya) and Mpongwe , in Copperbelt Province .

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include a Lamiaceae species ( Rotheca myricoides (Hochst.) Steane & Mabb. ) ( African

Moths 2019).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; D’Abrera 1987; De Prins & De Prins 2022.