Published October 16, 2023 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Zekelita ravalis

  • 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

Zekelita ravalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)

COMMON NAME(S): Snout moth.

SYNONYM(S): Hypena centralis Staudinger, 1892a; Rhynchina eremialis Swinhoe, 1889; Rhynchodontodes extorris Warren, 1913a; Rhynchodontodes pallida Draudt, 1936; Hypena revolutalis Zeller, 1852; Rhynchodontodes separata Warren, 1913a; Hypena syriacalis Staudinger, 1892a; Rhynchodontodes transcaspica Brandt, 1941.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evslusted (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Bahrain, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Oman, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Zambia.

Also occurs in: Oriental: India, Pakistan; Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Armenia, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Palestine, Russia, Syria, Turkey, Uzbekistan.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: ‘Lusaka’, in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants include the yet to be identified Fabaceae species Alhagi sp. (Hacker 2016).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; 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 page 360, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10130434

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Herrich-Schaffer
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Erebidae
Genus
Zekelita
Species
ravalis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Zekelita ravalis (Herrich-Schaffer, 1851) sec. Mbata & Prins, 2023

References

  • Staudinger, O. (1892 a) Neue Arten und Varietaten von Lepidopteren des palaearktischen Faunengebiets. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris, 4 (2), 224 - 339. [1891, https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 12673014]
  • Swinhoe, C. (1889) On new Indian Lepidoptera, chiefly Heterocera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1889, 396 - 432, pls. 43 - 44. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 28699064] https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1469 - 7998.1889. tb 06782. x
  • Zeller, P. C. (1852) Lepidoptera Microptera, quae J. A. Wahlberg in Caffrorum terra collegit. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Nye Handlingar, Series 3, 40, 1 - 120. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 34531645]
  • Brandt, W. (1941) Beitrag zur Lepidopterenfauna von Iran (3). Neue Agrotiden nebst Faunenverzeichnissen. Mitteilungen der M ¸ nchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 31 (3), 835 - 863. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 28956514]
  • Hacker, H. H. (2016) Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Schaffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepid.). Esperiana, 20 (1 & 2), 1 - 742 & 1 - 430.
  • African Moths (2019) Not available anymore from https: // africanmoths. com / (accessed 23 November 2019)
  • 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