Eurycorypha meruensis Sjöstedt, 1909
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.4.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6162897 |
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Eurycorypha meruensis Sjöstedt, 1909 |
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Eurycorypha meruensis Sjöstedt, 1909
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Distribution. Common species in East Africa (Chopard & Kevan 1954).
Described from Mt Meru by Sjöstedt (1909).
Ecology and biology. Attracted to light (Chopard & Kevan 1954). Adults in November (Sjöstedt 1909). Probably present throughout the year, adults being collected in June, October and very most frequently in November to March.
Habitat. Hemp C. 2005. Hemp et al., 2013. Common in coffee-banana plantations of the submontane and more rarely the montane zone. Also in submontane forests to the lower border of the montane forest at Mt Kilimanjaro.
Chromosomes: Hemp et al., 2013.
Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro: 1300–1900 m.
Records: 6
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