Rhodophthitus commaculata ( Warren, 1897b )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 228

publication ID

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

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C4AD-FF3A-62F6-FD20FCDA99CA

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scientific name

Rhodophthitus commaculata ( Warren, 1897b )
status

 

Rhodophthitus commaculata ( Warren, 1897b) View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Geometer moth.

SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

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

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: ‘Lusaka’, in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S):According to the African Moths (2019) webpage, larva foodplants of the taxon include a yet to be identified Lantana sp. (Verbenaceae) .

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Pinhey 1975.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Geometridae

Genus

Rhodophthitus

Family

Name

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