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Omphaloceps daria

Authors/Creators

  • 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

Omphaloceps daria (Druce, 1895)

COMMON NAME(S): Owlet Moth, Underwing or Noctuid moth.

SYNONYM(S): Aegocera dispar Kirby, 1896; Aegocera triplagiata Rothschild, 1896; Mitrophrys meraca Karsch, 1898b.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Petauke, in East Loangwa [now Luangwa] District, Eastern 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 398, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10130434

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Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2C5C3FE5462F6FCC8FD049E12

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/10130434 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/A908FFCAC44EFFD96261FFB3FFBF9A67 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6 (URL)
Is source of
https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/553187B2C5C3FE5462F6FCC8FD049E12 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/316380385 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/314453/taxon/553187B2C5C3FE5462F6FCC8FD049E12.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Druce
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Omphaloceps
Species
daria
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Omphaloceps daria (Druce, 1895) sec. Mbata & Prins, 2023

References

  • Druce, H. (1895) Descriptions of some new species of Heterocera from the Eastern Islands and tropical America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 6, 15 (85), 41 - 50. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 19265205] https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222939508677846
  • Kirby, W. F. (1896) On a collection of moths from East Africa formed by Dr. W. J. Ansorge, Medical Officer to the Uganda Administration. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 6, 18 (107), 375 - 396, pl. 19. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 19211324] https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222939608680473
  • Karsch, F. (1898 b) Neue harmoncopode Lepidopteren des Berliner Museums aus Afrika. Entomologische Nachrichten, 24 (21), 330 - 336. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 11411326]
  • 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