Teracotona rhodophaea ( Walker, 1865a )
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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-C56C-FEFB-62F6-FC60FC369F4B |
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Teracotona rhodophaea ( Walker, 1865a ) |
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Teracotona rhodophaea ( Walker, 1865a) View in CoL
COMMON NAME (S): Tiger Moth.
SYNONYM(S): Macronyx debilis Felder, 1874 ; Acantharctia irregularis Gaede, 1923 ; Teracotona pallidior Niepelt, 1937 .
IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).
DISTRIBUTION: Botswana, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia , Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Livingstone, in Southern Province ; Lusaka , in Lusaka Province; Kitwe, in Copperbelt Province ; Petauke, in Eastern Province .
LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include a Commelina species (Commelinaceae) that is yet to be identified ( African Moths 2019).
SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c.
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