Amerila leucoptera ( Hampson, 1901d )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 284

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-C555-FEC2-62F6-FF24FD419BB7

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scientific name

Amerila leucoptera ( Hampson, 1901d )
status

 

Amerila leucoptera ( Hampson, 1901d) View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Woolly bear moth.

SYNONYM(S): Rhodogastria pannosa Gr ̧nberg, 1908; Rhodogastria sarconota Hampson, 1911 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka , in Lusaka Province; Chisamba, in Central Province ; Mwinilunga and Solwezi, in Northwestern Province ; Mansa, in Luapula Province ; Mbala, in Northern Province .

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include a Senecio sp. (Asteraceae) .

SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; Häuser & Boppré 1997.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Erebidae

Genus

Amerila

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