Published October 16, 2023 | Version v1

Plecoptera misera

  • 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

Plecoptera misera (Butler, 1883b)

COMMON NAME(S): Woodworm or Wood borer.

SYNONYM(S): Acantholipes tandoana Bethune-Baker, 1911.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Eswatini, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Kabompo and Solwezi, in Northwestern Province; Mongu, in Western 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 278, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10130434

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Butler
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Erebidae
Genus
Plecoptera
Species
misera
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Plecoptera misera (Butler, 1883) sec. Mbata & Prins, 2023

References

  • Butler, A. G. (1883 b) On a collection of Indian Lepidoptera received from Lieut. - Colonel Charles Swinhoe; with numerous notes by the collector. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1883, 144 - 175, pl. 1. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 30827770]
  • Bethune-Baker, G. T. (1911) Descriptions of new African Heterocera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 8, 7 (42), 530 - 576. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 22098491] https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222931108692976
  • 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)
  • 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