Published October 16, 2023 | Version v1
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Omizodes ocellata Warren 1894

  • 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

Omizodes ocellata Warren, 1894

COMMON NAME(S): Ocellate thorn

SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include two Rubiaceae speces namely, Rothmannia globosa (Hochst.) Keay, and Burchellia bubaline (African Moths 2019).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; Bingham et al. 2010; De Prins & De Prins 2022.

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

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Warren
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Omizodes
Species
ocellata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Omizodes ocellata Warren, 1894 sec. Mbata & Prins, 2023

References

  • Warren, W. (1894) New genera and species of Geometridae. Novitates Zoologicae, 1, 366 - 466. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 3857641] https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 24566
  • African Moths (2019) Not available anymore from https: // africanmoths. com / (accessed 23 November 2019)
  • Bingham, M. G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B. T., Ballings, P. & Hyde, M. A. (2010) Flora of Zambia: Insects. Available from: http: // www. zambiaflora. com / speciesdata / insects. php (accessed 10 November 2017)
  • 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)