Afronyctemera itokina ( Aurivillius, 1904b )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 281

Afronyctemera itokina ( Aurivillius, 1904b)

COMMON NAME (S): Tiger Moth.

SYNONYM(S): Deilemera marcida Swinhoe, 1906 ; Deilemera camerunica Strand, 1909d ; Deilemera plana Wichgraf, 1921 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia , Nigeria, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Mansa, in Luapula Province ; Mumbwa and Kabwe, in Central Province ; Kaoma, in Western Province ; Kafue and Lusaka , in Lusaka Province; Chingola and Chililabombwe, in Copperbelt Province .

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants includes a yet to be identified Asteraceae species, namely Senecio sp. ( African Moths 2019).

SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c.

Genus Afrospilarctia Dubatolov, 2006b