Anomis sabulifera ( Guenée, 1852b )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 332-333

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1
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scientific name	Anomis sabulifera ( Guenée, 1852b )
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COMMON NAME (S): Brown cotton moth or Angled Gem moth. Brown Cotton Moth.

SYNONYM(S): Gonitis propinqua Butler, 1884 ; Gonitis marginata Holland, 1894 ; Amphipyra bicolorata Pagenstecher, 1907 ; Amphipyra grisea Pagenstecher, 1907 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Botswana, British Indian Ocean Territory, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, French Polynesia, Gambia, Ghana, Great Britain, India, Israel, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi,

Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia , Nigeria, Oman, Pitcairn Islands, Réunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena (with Ascension and Tristan da Cunha), Sao Tome & Principe, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Solwezi and Mwinilunga, in Northwestern Province; Kafue, in Lusaka Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S):The following Malvaceae plant species are larval foodplants of the taxon, Abelmoschus esculentus Moench , Althaea sp. , Commersonia bartramia (L.) Merr., Corchorus sp. , Gossypium sp. , Grewia occidentalis L., Hibiscus sp. and Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq. ( African Moths 2019) . SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c.