Gesonia obeditalis Walker, 1859a

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 320

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C571-FEE6-62F6-FDB4FDE49E4A
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Gesonia obeditalis Walker, 1859a
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Gesonia obeditalis Walker, 1859a View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Noctuid moth.

SYNONYM(S): Maresia binotata Walker, 1866b ; Poaphila concors Walker, 1866 ; Hileia crambisata Walker, 1862a ; Apphadana evulsalis Walker, 1866a ; Apphadana festina Swinhoe, 1885 ; Apphadana nigrofusca Swinhoe, 1885 ; Dragana pansalis Walker, 1859a ; Apphadana rubicundula Swinhoe, 1885 ; Apphadana rusticula Swinhoe, 1885 ; Gesonia secundalis Walker, 1859a ; Rivula terrosa Snellen, 1872 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mlawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Nigeria, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Nigeria, Réunion, Sao Tome & Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: ‘Lusaka’, in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): In terms of larval foodplants, this taxon is phytophagous, feeding on several species of yet to be identified grasses ( Poaceae ) ( African Moths 2019).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; Catalogue of Life 2017; De Prins & De Prins 2022.

Genus Gnamptogyia Hampson, 1894 View in CoL