Theretra monteironis ( Butler, 1882b )
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C4F2-FF65-62F6-FDC8FBE199B2 |
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Plazi |
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Theretra monteironis ( Butler, 1882b ) |
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Theretra monteironis ( Butler, 1882b) View in CoL
COMMON NAME (S): Lesser Cream Striped Hawkmoth or Lesser Cream Striped Hawk. SYNONYM(S): None. IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE). DISTRIBUTION: Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka, in Lusaka Province; Kaoma, in Western Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval host-plants include two Araceae species ( Zantedeschia sp. and Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.)
Spreng.) in South Africa ( Pinhey 1975; van den Berg et al. 1975). Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.)
( Araceae View in CoL ), Arum sp. (Araceae) and Richardia sp. (Rubiaceae) are listed as larval foodplants of the taxon by the African Moths (2019) webpage. SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Pinhey 1975; van den Berg et al. 1975.
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