Published October 16, 2023 | Version v1
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Effractilis effracta

  • 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

Effractilis effracta (Distant, 1898b)

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

SYNONYM(S): Ochropleura subtilis Berio, 1974.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Kabwe, in Central Province; Chingola, in Copperbelt Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Unknown.

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Kopij 2006.

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

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Distant
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Effractilis
Species
effracta
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Effractilis effracta (Distant, 1898) sec. Mbata & Prins, 2023

References

  • Distant, W. L. (1898 b) On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 7, 1 (3), 218 - 231. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 19365421] https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222939808677957
  • Berio, E. (1974) Nuove specie e generi di Noctuidae africane e asiatiche e note sinonimiche. Parte III. Bollettino della Societa entomologica italiana, 106 (3 - 4), 53 - 59.
  • African Moths (2019) Not available anymore from https: // africanmoths. com / (accessed 23 November 2019)
  • 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)
  • Kopij, G. (2006) Lepidoptera fauna of Lesotho. Acta zoologica cracoviensia, 49 B (1 - 2), 137 - 180. [http: // www. isez. pan. krakow. pl / journals / azc / pdf / azc _ i / 49 B (1 - 2) / 11. pdf] https: // doi. org / 10.3409 / 000000006783995256