Rohaniella pygmaea (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C4E5-FF75-62F6-F8CCFDAE9BBD |
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Rohaniella pygmaea (Maassen & Weymer, 1885) |
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Rohaniella pygmaea (Maassen & Weymer, 1885) View in CoL
COMMON NAME (S): Pigmy Emperor or Edible caterpillars (at least in Zambia).
SYNONYM(S): Bunaea pygela Druce, 1886 .
IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).
DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Namibia , Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia,
Zimbabwe. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: ‘Lusaka’, in Lusaka Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larvae feed on Burkea africana Hook. (Fabaceae) ( Pinhey 1972b; African Moths 2019). The caterpillars are consumed by some people in Zambia and are considered food (Edible caterpillars). SOURCES: African Moths 2019; Catalogue of Life 2017; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c; Malaisse 1997; Pinhey
1972b.
Genus Tagoropsis Felder, 1874
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