Zamarada gamma Fletcher D. S., 1958

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 233

publication ID

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

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C4A6-FF31-62F6-FB98FD109FE2

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scientific name

Zamarada gamma Fletcher D. S., 1958
status

 

Zamarada gamma Fletcher D. S., 1958 View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Geometer moth.

SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

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

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): In Zimbabwe, larvae of the taxon are indicated to be hosted by Julbernardia globiflora (Benth.) Troupin (Fabaceae) . However, in Zambia, the neigbouring contry, host plants of the species are unknown though the plant species J. globiflora also occurs in the country, perhaps, it is a food plant of the taxon in the country as well.

SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; Fletcher 1958b.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Geometridae

Genus

Zamarada

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