Pandesma quenavadi Guenée, 1852b

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 348

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1
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scientific name	Pandesma quenavadi Guenée, 1852b
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Pandesma quenavadi Guenée, 1852b View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Erebid moth. SYNONYM(S): Pandesma jubra Swinhoe, 1889 View in CoL . IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE). DISTRIBUTION: Australia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Gambia, India, Japan, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi,

Namibia View in CoL , Pakistan, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia,

Zimbabwe. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka, in Lusaka Province; Mpika, in Muchinga Province; Petauke, in Eastern Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): In South Africa, two Fabaceae species, Vachellia karroo (Hayne) Banfi & Galasso and Acacia pubescens

(Vent.) R.Br. are the host plants of the taxon ( Taylor 1949). Additionally, in other African countries the

African Moths (2019) webpage includes two silk tree or silk plant species ( Fabaceae ) namely Albizia chinensis (Osbeck) Merr. and A. lebbeck (L.) Benth. as larval foodplants of the taxon. SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; Pinhey 1975.