Alpenus nigropunctata ( Bethune-Baker, 1908 )
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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-C557-FEC3-62F6-F90CFDF09B7D |
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Alpenus nigropunctata ( Bethune-Baker, 1908 ) |
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Alpenus nigropunctata ( Bethune-Baker, 1908) View in CoL
COMMON NAME (S): Tiger Moth.
SYNONYM(S): Spilosoma jacsoni Hampson, 1920b ; Spilosoma cincticorpus Hampson, 1920b ; Spilosoma oligosticta Hampson, 1920b ; Acantharctia antemediata Rothschild, 1933 .
IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).
DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: ‘Lusaka’, in Lusaka Province.
LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants of the taxon include one Euphorbiaceae species (i.e. Manihot esculenta Crantz [Commonly called cassava]) and a yet to be identified Malvaceae species ( Gossypium sp. ) ( African Moths 2019).
SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Watson 1989.
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Alpenus nigropunctata ( Bethune-Baker, 1908 )
| Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De 2023 |
Alytarchia
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