Published October 16, 2023 | Version v1
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Similipepsis typica

  • 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

Similipepsis typica (Strand, 1913c)

COMMON NAME(S): Clearwing moth.

SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Solwezi, in Northwestern Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Unknown.

SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1919a.

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 55, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10130434

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Strand
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Sesiidae
Genus
Similipepsis
Species
typica
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Similipepsis typica (Strand, 1913) sec. Mbata & Prins, 2023

References

  • Strand, E. (1913 c) Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn G. Tessmann nach S ¸ d-Kamerun und Spanisch-Guinea. Lepidoptera IV. (Verschiedene Familien). Archiv f ¸ r Naturgeschichte, 78 (A) (12), 30 - 84, pls. 1 - 2. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 13317674]
  • 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. (1919 a) A classification of the Aegeriadae of the Oriental and Ethiopian regions. Novitates Zoologicae, 26 (1), 46 - 119. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 3858085] https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 5633