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Nomophila brevispinalis Munroe 1973

  • 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

Nomophila brevispinalis Munroe, 1973

COMMON NAME(S): Grass moth or Crambid Snout Moth.

SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE)

DISTRIBUTION: Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Mumbwa, in Central Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Unknown.

SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; Munroe 1973.

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

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Munroe
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Crambidae
Genus
Nomophila
Species
brevispinalis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Nomophila brevispinalis Munroe, 1973 sec. Mbata & Prins, 2023

References

  • Munroe, E. G. (1973) A supposedly cosmopolitan insect: the celery webworm and allies, genus Nomophila H ΒΈ bner (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Pyraustinae). Canadian Entomologist, 105 (2), 177 - 216. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 105177 - 2
  • 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)