Hemerophanes libyra ( Druce, 1896 )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 368

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1

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scientific name

Hemerophanes libyra ( Druce, 1896 )
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Hemerophanes libyra ( Druce, 1896) View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Variegated Vapourer.

SYNONYM(S): Dasycampa ianthina Janse, 1915 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia , South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Petauke, in Eastern Province ; Kabwe, in Central Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include one Combretaceae species namely, Combretum indicum (L.) DeFilipps and another, yet to be identlified namely, Combretum sp. ( African Moths 2019).

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

Genus Heteronygmia Holland, 1893a

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Erebidae

Genus

Hemerophanes

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