Ulotrichopus primulina ( Hampson, 1902 )
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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-C52F-FEB8-62F6-FF6CFBFA983E |
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Plazi |
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Ulotrichopus primulina ( Hampson, 1902 ) |
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Ulotrichopus primulina ( Hampson, 1902) View in CoL *
COMMON NAME (S): Primrose Underwing.
SYNONYM(S): None.
IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).
DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: University of Zambia Campus (Lusaka) **, in Lusaka Province .
LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): The host plant of the taxon in Kenya is Vachellia xanthophloea (Benth.) P.J.H.Hurter (Fabaceae) ( Agassiz & Harper 2009). The African Moths (2019) webpage also indicates that the Fabaceae species Vachellia karroo (Hayne) Banfi & Galasso and Vachellia tortilis (Forssk.) Galasso & Banfi are larval foodplants of the taxon but without specifying where in the countries listed above this is the case.
SOURCES: African Moths 2019; Cataloge of Life 2017; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Pinhey 1975.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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