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Hibrildes norax Druce 1887

  • 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.

Notes

Published as part of Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), pp. 1-503 in Zootaxa 5354 (1) on pages 136-137, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10130434

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Additional details

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