Rhodometra sacraria ( Linnaeus, 1767 )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 250

Rhodometra sacraria ( Linnaeus, 1767)

COMMON NAME (S): Vestal.

SYNONYM(S): Geometra labda Cramer, 1777 ; Pyralis sacralis Thunberg, 1784 ; Phalaena fulvaria Fabricius, 1794 ; Sanguinaria sanguinaria Esper, 1801 ; Aspilates minervae Gistel, 1856 ; Sterrha labdaria Guenée, 1857b .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Chad, Chile, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Latvia, Lesotho, Libya, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malta, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia , Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Réunion, Romania, Russia, Saint Helena , Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkestan, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Tanzania, Ukraine, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Chongwe, in Lusaka Province ; Chambeshi Valley in Northern Province .

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include: one yet to be identified Asteraceae species namely, Anthemis sp. ; four Polygonaceae species, Oxygonum sinuatum Dammer , a yet to be identified, Emex sp. , Persicaria sp. and Polygonum sp. , and one yet to be identified Anacardiaceae species Rhus sp.

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c.

Genus Scopula Schrank, 1802