Mythimna tacuna (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)

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-FF24FCDA9BD6

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Mythimna tacuna (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
status

 

Mythimna tacuna (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) View in CoL

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

SYNONYM(S): Borolia micropis Hampson, 1905a .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

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

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include various grass species ( Poaceae ).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Pinhey 1975.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Noctuidae

Genus

Mythimna

Family

Name

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