Zekelita ravalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 360

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-C529-FEBE-62F6-FE4CFC3699FF
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Zekelita ravalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
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COMMON NAME (S): Snout moth.

SYNONYM(S): Hypena centralis Staudinger, 1892a ; Rhynchina eremialis Swinhoe, 1889 ; Rhynchodontodes extorris Warren, 1913a ; Rhynchodontodes pallida Draudt, 1936 ; Hypena revolutalis Zeller, 1852 ; Rhynchodontodes separata Warren, 1913a ; Hypena syriacalis Staudinger, 1892a ; Rhynchodontodes transcaspica Brandt, 1941 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evslusted (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Bahrain, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Oman, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Zambia.

Also occurs in: Oriental: India, Pakistan; Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Armenia, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Palestine, Russia, Syria , Turkey, Uzbekistan.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: ‘Lusaka’, in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants include the yet to be identified Fabaceae species Alhagi sp. ( Hacker 2016) .

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