Published October 16, 2023 | Version v1
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Asinusca atricornis Wallengren 1863

  • 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

Asinusca atricornis Wallengren, 1863

COMMON NAME(S): Wasp Moth.

SYNONYM(S): Syntomis sirius Distant, 1897c.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka, in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Unknown.

SOURCES: de Freina 2016; 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 302, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10130434

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Wallengren
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Erebidae
Genus
Asinusca
Species
atricornis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Asinusca atricornis Wallengren, 1863 sec. Mbata & Prins, 2023

References

  • Wallengren, H. D. J. (1863) Lepidopterologische Mittheilungen. III. Wiener entomologische Monatschrift, 7 (5), 137 - 151. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 31456259]
  • Distant, W. L. (1897 c) On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 6, 20, 15 - 17. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 27414968] https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222939708680595
  • de Freina, J. J. (2016) Uber afrotropische Syntomini und Asinusca Wallengren, 1862 gen. rev. Im Besonderen (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Syntomini). Entomologische Zeitschrift, 126 (3), 155 - 159.
  • 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)