Isturgia pulinda ( Walker, 1860b )
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C495-FF02-62F6-FA47FBEB9DEA |
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Plazi |
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Isturgia pulinda ( Walker, 1860b ) |
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Isturgia pulinda ( Walker, 1860b)
COMMON NAME (S): Geometer moth. SYNONYM(S): None.
IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).
DISTRIBUTION: Botswana, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: ‘Lusaka’, in Lusaka Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): The Fabaceae species Acacia tortilis (Forssk.) Hayne , is a host plant of the taxon in Kenya ( Agassiz & Harper 2009) and another Fabaceae species yet to be identified, Acacia sp. is a host plant in unnamed
African countries ( Pinhey 1975). The African Moths (2019) webpage lists the Fabaceae species Acacia tortilis (Forssk.) Hayne , A. nilotica (L.) Delile and Vachellia karroo (Hayne) Banfi & Galasso as larval foodplants of the taxon.
SOURCES: African Moths 2019; Agassiz & Harper 2009; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Pinhey 1975.
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