Phiala costipuncta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 139

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6
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scientific name	Phiala costipuncta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
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Phiala costipuncta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Giant Lappet Moth. SYNONYM(S): Dasychira atomaria Walker, 1855b View in CoL ; Phiala xanthosoma Wallengren, 1860 View in CoL ; Euproctis punctilinea Walker, 1862c ;

Stibolepis atomaria Holland, 1892 ; Phiala angola Strand, 1911b View in CoL ; Phiala inferiora Strand, 1911b ; Phiala ochritincta View in CoL

Strand, 1911b. IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE). DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gambia, Malawi, Namibia View in CoL , Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia,

Zimbabwe. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Petauke in Mid Luangwa Valley , in Eastern Province; Solwezi, in Northwestern Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include the African custard-apple or wild custard apple, Annona senegalensis Pers .

( Annonaceae ), two Bignoniaceae species (i.e. Fernandoa magnifica Seem. and Markhamia zanzibarica

(Bojer ex DC.) K.Schum. and a yet to be identified Compositae species, Veronia sp. ( African Moths

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

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Eupterotidae
Genus	Phiala