Mythimna tincta ( Walker, 1858d )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 410

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-C5D7-FE40-62F6-FE6CFC36997F
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Mythimna tincta ( Walker, 1858d )
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COMMON NAME (S): Owlet Moth, Underwing or Noctuid moth.

SYNONYM(S): Cirphis dialeuca Hampson, 1910c ; Leucania decaryi Boursin & Rungs, 1952 ; Mythimna gratiosa Rungs, 1956 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Algeria, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Gambia, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Réunion, Sao Tome & Principe, South Africa, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia.

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

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants are various grass species ( Poaceae ).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c.