Lophoptera litigiosa ( Boisduval, 1833 )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 380

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C535-FEA2-62F6-FE7CFD049E2A
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Lophoptera litigiosa ( Boisduval, 1833 )
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Lophoptera litigiosa ( Boisduval, 1833) View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Loop Hole.

SYNONYM(S): Stictopera alutacea Felder R. & Rogenhofer, 1875 ; Lophoptera cristigera Guenée, 1852c ; Lophoptera squamulosa Saalm ̧ller, 1880.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Réunion, Sao Tome & Principe, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Petauke, East Loangwa [now Luangwa], N.E. Rhodesia [now N.E. Zambia], Eastern Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Bridelia cathartica Bertol. (Phyllanthaceae) and Macadamia sp. (Proteaceae) are larval host plants of the taxon ( African Moths 2019).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022.

Lophoptera methyalea ( Hampson, 1902) View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Owlet Moth, Underwing or Noctuid moth.

SYNONYM(S): Lophoptera seydeli Berio, 1957 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: East Loangwa [now Luangwa] district, N.E. Rhodesia [now N.E. Zambia], Eastern Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Unknown.

SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c.