Metapioplasta gratiosa ( Wallengren, 1856 )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 392

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1
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scientific name	Metapioplasta gratiosa ( Wallengren, 1856 )
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Metapioplasta gratiosa ( Wallengren, 1856)

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

SYNONYM(S): Acontia zelleri Wallengren, 1856 ; Cardiosace olivescens Hampson, 1910 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia , Niger, Nigeria, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: ‘Lusaka’, in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Unknown.

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