Micralarctia punctulatum auricinctum ( Butler, 1897a )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 288

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1

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scientific name

Micralarctia punctulatum auricinctum ( Butler, 1897a )
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Micralarctia punctulatum auricinctum ( Butler, 1897a)

COMMON NAME (S): Tiger Moth.

SYNONYM(S): Amsacta evadne Fawcett, 1915 ; Spilosoma nivaria Bartel, 1903a ; Spilosoma nyassana Bartel, 1903a .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

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

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foofplants include Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. ( Convolvulaceae ), Gossypium sp. (Malvaceae) and Oryza sativa L. ( Poaceae ).

SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; Watson 1989.

Genus Paralacydes Aurivillius, 1899

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Erebidae

Genus

Micralarctia

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