Pseudaphelia apollinaris ( Boisduval, 1847 )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 170

Pseudaphelia apollinaris ( Boisduval, 1847)

COMMON NAME (S): Apollo Moth. SYNONYM(S): Bombyx balamoal Guérin-Méneville, 1849 ; Heniocha paleacea Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 ; Pseudaphelia barotsina

Rothschild, 1907b; Pseudaphelia dialitha Tams, 1930 . IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE). DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia , South Africa,

South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda , Zambia , Zimbabwe. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: An unnamed locality in central Zambia [Latitude, - 12.55529 S; Longitude, 30.29519 E], in Central Province ;

Another unnamed locality in southern Zambia [Latitude, - 16.806 S; Longitude, 26.95157 E], in Southern

Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants of the taxon include four Meliaceae species ( Turraea floribunda Hochst. , T. nilotica Kotschy

& Peyr., T. zambesica Sprague & Hutch. and T. heterophylla Sm. One Combretaceae species ( Combretum

sp.) ( Fawcett 1901; Pinhey 1972b; Oberprieler 1995; African Moths 2019; Scan-bugs Organization

2019a). SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Fawcett 1901; Oberprieler 1995; Pinhey 1972b; Rothschild 1907b; Scanbugs Organization 2019a,b.

Genus Pseudimbrasia Rougeot, 1962