Pallastica pallens (Bethune-Baker, 1908a)
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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-C4CF-FF58-62F6-FF24FC009BB7 |
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Plazi |
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Pallastica pallens (Bethune-Baker, 1908a) |
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Pallastica pallens (Bethune-Baker, 1908a) View in CoL
COMMON NAME (S): Eggar, Snout moth (although this also refers to the Pyralidae ) or Lappet moth.
SYNONYM(S): Metanastria denticula Bethune-Baker, 1908a .
IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).
DISTRIBUTION: Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia.
LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Type locality is Fort Jameson [now Chipata], N. E. Rhodesia [now N.E. Zambia], in Eastern Province .
LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants for the taxon include Pinus patula Schiede ex Schltdl. & Cham. and P. radiata D.Don (Pinaceae) , Eucalyptus grandis W.Hill (Myrtaceae) and Theobroma cacao L. ( Malvaceae ).
SOURCES: African Moths 2019; Bethune-Baker 1908a; De Prins & De Prins 2022.
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