Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C5CA-FE5D-62F6-FC37FC389EDA |
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Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857 |
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Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857 View in CoL
COMMON NAME (S): Owlet Moth, Underwing or Noctuid moth.
SYNONYM(S): None.
IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).
DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia , Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: ‘Lusaka’, in Lusaka Province.
LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include three Malvaceae species namely, Hibiscus praeteritus R.A.Dyer and yet to be identified Abutilon sp. and Sida sp. ( African Moths 2019).
SOURCES: African moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c.
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