Condica capensis ( Guenée, 1852a )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 401

Condica capensis ( Guenée, 1852a)

COMMON NAME (S): The African or simply African.

SYNONYM(S): Apamea afra Guenée, 1852a ; Mamestra prodita Walker, 1862d ; Perigea canorufa Walker, 1865b ; Hadena funesta Walker, 1865c ; Hadena spargens Walker, 1865c .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Australia, Burundi, Canary Islands, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Ghana, Great Britain, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Kenya, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Mauritania, Morocco, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Pitcairn Islands, Portugal, Republic of Congo, Réunion, Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Sao Tome & Principe, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Mfuwe, in Eastern Province ; Kafue and Lusaka, in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include the following species from the plant family Asteraceae : Ageratum sp. , Bidens pilosa L., Calendula sp. , Carthamus tinctorius L., Cinerana sp., Coreopsis sp. , Cynara sp. , and Pluchea dioscoridis (L.) DC. The taxon is also hosted by a Macadamia plant sp. ( Proteaceae ).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c.