Rhynchina obliqualis ( Kollar, 1844 )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 359

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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treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Rhynchina obliqualis ( Kollar, 1844 )
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Rhynchina obliqualis ( Kollar, 1844) View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Snout moth. SYNONYM(S): Hypena masurialis Guenée, 1854 View in CoL .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Saint Helena , Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Sao Tome & Principe,

Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: ‘Lusaka’, in Lusaka Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): A Commelinaceae plant species namely, Commelina diffusa Burm.f. and a yet to be identified Fabaceae plant species namely, Desmodium sp. , are host plants of the taxon in the Seychelles ( Lawrence 2005),

while a Commelinaceae plant species yet to be identified i.e. Commelina sp. in a host plant in unnamed

African country or countries ( Robinson & Kirke 1990). No specific host plants of the taxon have been reorted for Zambia.

SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c; Lawrence 2005; Robinson & Kirke 1990.

Genus Zekelita Walker, 1863b View in CoL