Usta wallengrenii (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1859 )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 174-175

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-C4E3-FF77-62F6-F8DFFCE59B2A

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Usta wallengrenii (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1859 )
status

 

Usta wallengrenii (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1859) View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Wallengren’s Emperor.

SYNONYM(S): Usta biplaga ( Rebel, 1912b) .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia , South Africa, Zambia. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Kopa and Mpika, in Muchinga Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants include seven Burseraceae species ( Commiphora africana (A.Rich.) Endl. , C. angolensis Engl. ,

C. glandulosa Schinz View in CoL , C. glaucescens Engl. View in CoL , C. saxicola Engl. View in CoL , C. tenuipetiolata Engl. View in CoL , and Commiphora virgata Engl. View in CoL ) and one Anacardiaceae View in CoL species ( Schinus molle View in CoL L.) ( African Moths 2019). SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Kopij 2014.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Saturniidae

Genus

Usta

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