Scopula donovani ( Distant, 1892 )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 251

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-C4B4-FF23-62F6-FAE0FB1B9C0A

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scientific name

Scopula donovani ( Distant, 1892 )
status

 

Scopula donovani ( Distant, 1892) View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Geometer moth.

SYNONYM(S): Scopula extraordinaria ( Staudinger, 1892b) ; Scopula extremata ( Warren, 1897a) .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Gambia, Israel, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Kafue, in Lusaka Province ; Solwezi, in Northwestern Province; Luanshya, in Copperbelt Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include rice, Oryza sativa L. ( Poaceae ).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017-1.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Geometridae

Genus

Scopula

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