Plegapteryx anomalus Herrich-Schäffer, 1856

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 227

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scientific name	Plegapteryx anomalus Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
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COMMON NAME (S): Hooked thorn.

SYNONYM(S): Plegapteryx partita Holland, 1893c ; Plegapteryx titia Druce, 1899 ; Syndetodes segmentata Warren, 1902 ; Plegapteryx viridis Warren, 1909b ; Rhamphopteryx grotesca Bryk, 1913a ; Spidia primoti Viette, 1954 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire], Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): According to the African Moths (2019) webpage, larval foodplants for the taxon include Terminalia ivorensis A.Chev. (Combretaceae) .

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017-1; Pinhey 1975.

Genus Psilocerea Saalm ̡ller, 1880