Xanthisthisa niveifrons ( Prout, 1922c )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 229-230

publication ID

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

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C4AA-FF3C-62F6-F9F8FDA99AD6

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Xanthisthisa niveifrons ( Prout, 1922c )
status

 

Xanthisthisa niveifrons ( Prout, 1922c) View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): White headed thorn.

SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Kitwe in Copperbelt Province ; Lusaka and Kafue in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Pinhey (1975) reports that a yet to be identified Cupressaceae species, Cupressus sp. , and a Pinaceae species, Pinus sp. , are hot plants of the taxon.

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

Genus Xenimpia Warren, 1895 View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Geometridae

Genus

Xanthisthisa

Loc

Xanthisthisa niveifrons ( Prout, 1922c )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De 2023
2023
Loc

Xenimpia

Warren 1895
1895
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