Afroracotis squalida ( Butler, 1878a )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 207

Afroracotis squalida ( Butler, 1878a)

COMMON NAME (S): Geometer moth.

SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE)

DISTRIBUTION: Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Republic of Congo, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITIES IN ZAMBIA: Ndole Bay, on the shores of the lake Tanganyika, 777m, 08°28’42”S, 30°26’59”E, Lunzua Falls , 20 km South of Mpulungu, 1416m, 08°55’38”S, 31°09’31”E, both localities in Northern Province ; Kalene Hill (Miombo woodland), 1440m, 11°11’11”S, 24°12’5”E, Nyangombe Falls, (Miombo / Riverine forest mosaic), 1300m, 11°48’25”S, 24°32’12”E, Hillwood, Ikelenge, 1400m, 11°16’02”S, 24°18’59’ E, Chitunta Plain ( Miombo / Dambo mosaic), 1396m, 11°29’12”S, 24°24’18”E and Jiwundu Swamp , ( Miombo / Riverine forest mosaic), 1340m, 11°51’54”S, 25°33’20”E, all five localities in Northwestern Province ; Greystone, Kitwe, 1179m, 12°55’50”S, 28°14’29”E, in Copperbelt Province ; Danger Hill, 30 km N of Mpika, 1684m, 11°37’38”S, 31°33’56”E and Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Mpika, 1460 m, S12 °27’06”, E31 °17’30” both localities in Muchinga Province .

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Unknown.

SOURCES: Vári et al. 2002; Lászlo et al. 2023.

Genus Ascotis H̡bner, 1825