Acleros ploetzi Mabille, 1890

Bivar-De-Sousa, António, Vasconcelos, Sasha, Mendes, Luís F., Larsen, Torben B., Baker, Jon & Guilherme, João L., 2016, Butterflies of Guinea-Bissau: VIII. New data, new reports, corrections and biodiversity (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea), Zootaxa 4201 (1), pp. 1-77 : 55

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3EB08193-954B-49BF-A989-1E73AC070E6B
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6068363
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A50287F3-FFDB-FFD5-FF0E-FCE3FC93FBDC
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Acleros ploetzi Mabille, 1890
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219. Acleros ploetzi Mabille, 1890 View in CoL

WL: 15mm. A. ploetzi is widely distributed in forest biotopes but is also present in secondary vegetation. It is known from Senegal to Angola, western Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique. The caterpillars are known to feed on Vigna unguiculata (Fabaceae).

Studied material. Cacheu: Caió , 1 specimen (JB).

Previous references. Regions: Bolama, Quinara. Authors: Aurivillius (1910), Bivar-de-Sousa & Passos-de- Carvalho (1987), Bivar-de-Sousa & Mendes (1997), Larsen (2005), Mendes et al. (2007).

Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: F; CS: LC.