Orbamia octomaculata ( Wallengren, 1872 )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 225

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-C4AE-FF39-62F6-FC18FD9D9F15
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Orbamia octomaculata ( Wallengren, 1872 )
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Orbamia octomaculata ( Wallengren, 1872) View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Four Spot Brindle. SYNONYM(S): None. IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE). DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Botswana, Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia , Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia,

Zimbabwe. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka, in Lusaka Province; Kabwe in Central Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants unknown in Zambia but two Combretaceae species, Combretum caffrum (Eckl. &

Zeyh.) Kuntze and Combretum sp. are known to be hosts of the taxon in South Africa ( Platt 1921; Taylor

1953). SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Platt 1921; Taylor 1953.

Genus Petrodava Walker, 1863a View in CoL

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Geometridae
Genus	Orbamia

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