Amerila bubo ( Walker, 1855a )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 283

Amerila bubo ( Walker, 1855a) ( Fig. 33 )

COMMON NAME (S): White Frother or Woolly bear moth. SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia , Rwanda, S outh Africa,

Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Mazabuka, in Southern Province ; Petauke, in Eastern Province; Ikelenge and Solwezi, in Northwestern

Province; Mansa, in Luapula Province; Ndola, in Muchinga Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include; Erythroxylum coca Lam. (Erythroxylaceae) , Bridelia micrantha (Hochst.)

Baill. ( Phyllanthaceae ), Croton sp. (Euphorbiaceae) , Erythrina sp. (Fabaceae) , Ficus trichopoda Baker

(Moraceae), Musa sapientum L. [Dessert bananas] ( Musaceae ), Coffea sp. (Rubiaceae) and Solanum sp.

(Solanaceae) ( African Moths 2019).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1901a.

Figures

FIGURES 32–34. Adult moths. 32a, Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)—Convolvulus Hawk (Sphingidae: Sphinginae) caught by black light trap in Lusaka, 31 March 2020, dorsal view; 32b, ditto, ventral view. 33a, Basiothia medea (Fabricius, 1781)—Small Verdant Hawk (Sphingidae: Macroglossinae) collected at a black light trap in Lusaka, 10 January 2011, dorsal view; 33b, ditto ventral view. 34a, Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus, 1758)—Oleander Hawk (Sphingidae: Macroglossinae) caught by a black light trap in Lusaka, 25 April 2011, dorsal view; 34b, ditto ventral view. Scale bar 2 cm. © Kind permission of the University of Zambia.