Basiothia charis ( Boisduval, 1847 )
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C4E0-FF77-62F6-FBB0FB3C9F3A |
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Plazi |
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Basiothia charis ( Boisduval, 1847 ) |
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Basiothia charis ( Boisduval, 1847) View in CoL
COMMON NAME (S): Lesser Brown Striped Hawkmoth.
SYNONYM(S): Chaeriocamps celerionina Walker, 1856b .
IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).
DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka and Kafue, in Lusaka Province; Choma, in Southern Province.
LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include one Malvaceae species ( Gossypium sp. ) and one Asteraceae species ( Vernonia sp. ) ( MacNulty 1970; African Moths 2019).
SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Kopij 2006; MacNulty 1970; Pinhey 1975.
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