Ctenoplusia furcifera ( Walker, 1858a )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 430-431

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1
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scientific name	Ctenoplusia furcifera ( Walker, 1858a )
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COMMON NAME (S): Owlet Moth, Underwing or Noctuid moth.

SYNONYM(S): Plusia babooni Bethune-Baker, 1906 ; Phytometra polisha Strand, 1920a .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Australia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, India, Kenya, Madagascar, New Guinea, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Mterize river in East Loangwa district [now East Luangwa district], N.E. Rhodesia [now N.E. Zambia], in Eastern Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include Coffea sp. (Rubiaceae) .

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