Published October 16, 2023 | Version v1
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Xenostega fallax Warren 1899

  • 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

Xenostega fallax Warren, 1899b

COMMON NAME(S): Geometer moth.

SYNONYM(S): Stegania diagramma Hampson, 1910c.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Solwezi in Northwestern 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 page 230, 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
Xenostega
Species
fallax
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Xenostega fallax Warren, 1899 sec. Mbata & Prins, 2023

References

  • Warren, W. (1899 b) New Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, and Geometridae from the Aethiopian region. Novitates Zoologicae, 6 (3), 288 - 312. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 3258751]
  • 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)