Eulycia grisea ( Warren, 1897a )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 218-219

Eulycia grisea ( Warren, 1897a)

COMMON NAME (S): Geometer moth.

SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Botswana, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Livingstone, in the Southern Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Combretum sp. (Combretaceae) is the host plant of the taxon in South Africa ( Janse 1932). In Zambia host plants of the species are still unknown. Two Combretaceae species namely Combretum sp. and Combretum molle R.Br. ex G.Don are named as larval foodplants of the taxon by the African Moths (2019) webpage.

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017-1; Janse 1932.

Genus Geolyce s Warren, 1894