Published October 16, 2023 | Version v1
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Kalenga maculanota Whalley 1971

  • 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

Kalenga maculanota Whalley, 1971

COMMON NAME(S): Picture-winged leaf moth.

SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Type locality, Abercorn [now Mbala] [Latitude, - 8.50° S; Longitude, 31.23° E], in Northern Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Unknown.

SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; Kioko et al. 2014; Whalley 1971.

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

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Whalley
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Thyrididae
Genus
Kalenga
Species
maculanota
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Kalenga maculanota Whalley, 1971 sec. Mbata & Prins, 2023

References

  • Whalley, P. E. S. (1971) The Thyrididae (Lepidoptera) of Africa and its islands. A taxonomic and zoogeographic study. Bulletin of the British Museum of natural History, Entomology, Supplement 17, 1 - 198, pls. 1 - 68. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 40875442] https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / p. 144967
  • 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)
  • Kioko, E. N., Mugambi, J. R., Muriuki, J. M., Ingrisch, S., Lange, C. N., Muchai, M., Oyieke, H. & Lampe, K. - H. (2014) Type specimens of the insect order Lepidoptera in the Collection of the National Museums of Kenya. Bonn zoological Bulletin, 60 (Supplementum), 70 - 88. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 53610299]