Pallastica meloui ( Riel, 1909 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C4CE-FF59-62F6-F925FD5F9D88 |
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Plazi |
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Pallastica meloui ( Riel, 1909 ) |
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Pallastica meloui ( Riel, 1909) View in CoL
COMMON NAME (S): Eggar, Snout moth (although this also refers to the Pyralidae ) or Lappet moth.
SYNONYM(S): Pachypasa punctulata Aurivillius, 1910b ; Pachypasa cornuta Strand, 1912 ; Pachypasa sericeofasciata orientalis Stoneham, 1942 .
IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).
DISTRIBUTION: Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Republic of Congo, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: ‘Lusaka’, in Lusaka Province.
LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include: a yet to be identified Rosaceae species, Pyracantha sp. ; an Anacardiaceae species, Mangifera indica L., and an unidentified Fabaceae species, Vachellia (Acacia) sp.
SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022.
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