Estigena africana Holland , 1893a

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 124

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scientific name	Estigena africana Holland , 1893a
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Estigena africana Holland, 1893a View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Eggar, Snout moth (although this also refers to the Pyralidae ) or Lappet moth.

SYNONYM(S): Tauscheria muscovit Bryk, 1915 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Mwinilunga, in Northwestern Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants include the Fabaceae species, Erythrophleum suaveolens (Guill. & Perr.) Brenan.

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Pinhey 1975; Prozorov 2011; Vuattoux 1991.

Genus Eucraera Tams, 1930 View in CoL