Published October 16, 2023 | Version v1
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Semioptila flavidiscata Hampson 1910

  • 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

Semioptila flavidiscata Hampson, 1910c

COMMON NAME(S): Long-tailed burnet moth.

SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Type locality is Serenji Distr [now Serenje district], N. E. Rhodesia [now N.E. Zambia], Central 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 67-68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10130434

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Hampson
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Himantopteridae
Genus
Semioptila
Species
flavidiscata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Semioptila flavidiscata Hampson, 1910 sec. Mbata & Prins, 2023

References

  • 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
  • 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)