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Hibrildes norax Druce 1887
Authors/Creators
- 1. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Zambia, P. O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia
- 2. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium & Australian National Insect Collection, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, Australia
Description
Hibrildes norax Druce, 1887
COMMON NAME(S): Giant Lappet Moth.
SYNONYM(S): Anengya spiritalis Karsch, 1895b; Hibrildes carpenteri Poulton, 1929; Hibrildes sheffieldi Poulton, 1929.
IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).
DISTRIBUTION: Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Luangwa bridge, and Petauke in East Luangwa district, in Eastern Province; Livingstone, in Southern Province.
LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Unknown.
SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Druce
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Eupterotidae
- Genus
- Hibrildes
- Species
- norax
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Hibrildes norax Druce, 1887 sec. Mbata & Prins, 2023
References
- Druce, H. (1887) Descriptions of some new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera, mostly from tropical Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1887, 668 - 686, pl. 55. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 31784329] https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1469 - 7998.1887. tb 08160. x
- Karsch, F. (1895 b) Aethiopische Heteroceren. II. Entomologische Nachrichten, 21 (23 - 24), 361 - 379, pls. 3 - 4. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 25411605]
- Poulton, E. B. (1929) [No title]. Transactions of the entomological Society of London, 76, 383.
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2022) Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication. Available from: https: // www. afromoths. net / (accessed 20 June 2023)
- Hampson, G. F. (1910 c) Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1910 (2), 388 - 510, pls. 36 - 41. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 31563124] https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1910. tb 01899. x