Philotherma sordida Aurivillius, 1905a

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 131

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1

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scientific name

Philotherma sordida Aurivillius, 1905a
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Philotherma sordida Aurivillius, 1905a View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Eggar, Snout moth (although this also refers to the Pyralidae ) or Lappet moth.

SYNONYM(S): Philotherma testaceicornis Strand, 1912e .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda, Zambia.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka and Kafue, in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants include Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. ( Convolvulaceae ) and Shirakiopsis elliptica (Hochst.)

Esser ( Euphorbiaceae ).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c.

Genus Pseudometa Aurivillius, 1901a

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