Nyodes prasinodes (Prout A. E., 1921b)

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 410

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-C5D7-FE40-62F6-FA30FDF39D2E
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Nyodes prasinodes (Prout A. E., 1921b)
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Nyodes prasinodes (Prout A. E., 1921b) View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Noctuid moth or Edible caterpillar, at least in Zambia (called “Finamisilu” in “Bemba”, one of local languages in Zambia).

SYNONYM(S): None. IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluatted (NE). DISTRIBUTION: Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Namibia , South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Type locality is in NW Rhodesia [now NW Zambia] or the western half of the country using an imaginary line cutting the country into two in the north-south direction/plane from Ndola city to Siavonga town (but no specific localion in the region is indicated).

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants include Pteridium sp. (Dennstaedtiaceae) in Kenya but unknown in Zambia. SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; Prout 1921b.

Genus Odontestra Hampson, 1905a View in CoL

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Noctuidae
Genus	Nyodes

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