Phazaca theclata ( Guenée, 1857b )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 203

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-C484-FF13-62F6-FB24FD5F9C76
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Phazaca theclata ( Guenée, 1857b )
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COMMON NAME (S): Cotton Leaf Roller. SYNONYM(S): Dirades binotata Walker, 1866b ; Erosia sigillata Mabille, 1898 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gambia, Guinea, Reunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Chipata, in Eastern Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include four Rubiaceae species ( Haldina cordifolia (Roxb.) Ridsdale , Burttdavya nyassica Hoyle , Morinda sp. , and Catunaregam spinosa (Thunb.) Tirveng. ), one Lamiaceae species

( Tectona grandis L.f.), one Fabaceae species ( Falcataria moluccana (Miq.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes ) and one Verbenaceae species ( Stachytarpheta urticifolia (Salisb.) Sims ).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022.