Hypocala deflorata ( Fabricius, 1794 )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 361

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scientific name	Hypocala deflorata ( Fabricius, 1794 )
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Hypocala deflorata ( Fabricius, 1794) View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Variable yellow underwing.

SYNONYM(S): Hypocala australiae Butler, 1892a ; Hypocala moorei Butler, 1892a .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Australia, Botswana, Cameroon, Cook Islands, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Hawaii, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, New Zealand, Namibia , Nigeria, Pakistan, Republic of Congo, Russia, Seychelles; Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka , in Lusaka Province; Mpika, in Muchinga Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include four Ebenaceaespecies (i.e. Diospyros pallens (Thunb.) F.White, D. villosa (L.) De Winter, D. dichrophylla (Gand.) De Winter and D. lycioides Desf. ), a yet to be identified Sapota sp. (Sapotaceae) and Royena sp. (Ebenaceae) ( African Moths 2019).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Kopij 2006; Pinhey 1975.