Mocis mayeri ( Boisduval, 1833 )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 345

Mocis mayeri ( Boisduval, 1833)

COMMON NAME (S): Brown lines.

SYNONYM(S): Remigia associata Walker, 1865c ; Hypaetra diffundens Walker, 1865c ; Remigia inconcisa Walker, 1865c ; Remigia jugalis Walker, 1858c ; Remigia mutuata Walker, 1858 ); Remigia pellita Guenée, 1852c ; Ophiusa Walker, 1869b .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Burundi, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia , Nigeria, Réunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka , in Lusaka Province; Chisamba, in Central Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Three Fabaceae species yet to be identified namely, Derris sp. , Desmodium sp. and Tephrosia sp. , are host plants of the taxon ( Pinhey 1975). Additionally, the African Moths (2019) webpage lists the following Fabaceae species as larval foodplants for the taxon; Glycine max (L.) Merr. [soybean or soyabean], Pericopsis elata (Harms) Meeuwen , Tephrosia sp. and Zornia glochidiata Rchb. ex DC.

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