Achaea faber Holland , 1894
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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-C506-FE91-62F6-FE6CFC3699BF |
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Achaea faber Holland , 1894 |
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COMMON NAME (S): Catocaline Moth. SYNONYM(S): None. IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE). DISTRIBUTION: Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria,
Réunion, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania,
Uganda, Zambia. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Kafue, in Lusaka Province; Ndola, in Copperbelt Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S):Larval foodplants include Citrus sp. (Rutaceae) , Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh. (Myrtaceae) , Mangifera indica L.( Anacardiaceae ), Musa paradisiaca subsp. sapientum (L.) Kuntze ex K.Schum. ( Musaceae ),
Pelergonium sp. ( Geraniaceae ), Phyllanthus sp. (Phyllanthaceae) and Shirakiopsis elliptica (Hochst.)
Esser ( Euphorbiaceae ).
The wasp species, Enicospilus betanimenus (Saussure) (Ichneumonidae) is a parasitoid of thia taxon ( Rousse & Villemant 2012).
SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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