Hampsonita esmeralda ( Hampson, 1910a )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 256

Hampsonita esmeralda ( Hampson, 1910a)

COMMON NAME (S): Esmeralda’s Kitten. SYNONYM(S): None. IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE). DISTRIBUTION: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda,

South Africa, Togo, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka, in Lusaka Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): The followinsug Proteaceae species are reported as host plants of the taxon in South Africa ; Protea sp .,

Faurea sp. , F. saligna Harv. , Protea caffra Meisn. and P. welwitschii Engl. ( Platt 1921; Pinhey 1975;

Schintlmeister & Witt 2015). Elsewhere in an unnamed African country or countries, Protea angolensis

Welw. ( Proteaceae ) is reported as a host plant of the taxon, while no plant species are indicated as hot plants for the taxon for Zambia. SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Kiriakoff 1963a –c; Pinhey 1975; Platt 1921; Schintlmeister & Witt

2015.