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Uresiphita gilvata

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

Uresiphita gilvata (Fabricius, 1794)

COMMON NAME(S): Yellow Under Pearl.

SYNONYM(S): Pyralis limbalis Denis & Schifferm̧ller, 1775; Pyralis polygonalis Denis & Schifferm̧ller, 1775; Pyralis orientalis Fabricius, 1794; Pyralis diversalis Ḩbner, 1796; Pyralis rusticalis Ḩbner, 1796; Mecyna aversalis Guenée, 1854; Mecyna consanguinalis Guenée, 1854; Mecyna teriadalis Guenée, 1854; Mecyna deprivalis Walker, 1859d; Botys meridionalis Wocke, 1871; Mecyna virescens Butler, 1881d; Mecyna hemiclista Meyrick, 1936; Uresiphita ochrocrossa Clarke, 1971.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Algeria, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Réunion, Romania, Russia, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Ukraine, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Kafue and Lusaka, in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants of the taxon include: Four Fabaceae species (Ulex europaeus, Genista sp., Sarothamnus sp. and Sophora tomentosa) in the Réunion (Guillermet 2009; Martiré & Rochat 2008): One Fabaceae species (Ulex europaeus) in Saint Helena (Karisch 2005); One Meliaceae species (Cedrela sp.) in South Africa (Kroon 1999) and: Three Fabaceae species yet to be identified (Cytisus sp., Bolusanthus sp. and Spartium sp.) and one Celastraceae species yet to be identified (Putterlickia sp.) in an unnamed African country or counties (Pinhey 1975). Without specifying in which of the countries listed above they are found, the African Moths (2019) webpage reports the following as larval foodplants of this taxon; Two identified and five yet to be identified Fabaceae species (i.e. Ulex europaeus, Sophora tomentosa, Genista sp., Sarothamnus sp., Bolusanthus sp., Cytisus sp. and Spartium sp., one Meliaceae species (Cedrela sp.) and one Celastraceae species (Putterlickia sp.).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Guillermet 2009; Hampson 1910c; Karisch 2005; Kroon 1999; Martiré & Rochat 2008; Pinhey 1975.

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 pages 97-98, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10130434

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Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2C42EFFB862F6FA9CFD849B4A

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)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/553187B2C42EFFB862F6FA9CFD849B4A (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/316380692 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/314453/taxon/553187B2C42EFFB862F6FA9CFD849B4A.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Fabricius
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Crambidae
Genus
Uresiphita
Species
gilvata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Uresiphita gilvata (Fabricius, 1794) sec. Mbata & Prins, 2023

References

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  • Guenee, A. M. (1854) Histoire naturelle des Insectes. VIII. Species general des Lepidopteres. Deltoides et Pyralites. Librairie encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, 448 pp. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 9825694]
  • Walker, F. (1859 d) n. k. In: List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XIX. Pyralides. The Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, pp. i - iv + 799 - 1036. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 38886233]
  • Butler, A. G. (1881 d) On a collection of nocturnal Lepidoptera from the Hawaiian Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 5, 7 (40 & 41), 317 - 333 & 392 - 408. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 24722816] https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222938109459537
  • Meyrick, E. (1936) n. k. Exotic Microlepidoptera, Marlborough, 5 (1 - 2), 1 - 64.
  • Clarke, J. F. G. (1971) The Lepidoptera of Rapa Island. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 56, i - iv + 1 - 282. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.56
  • Guillermet, C. (2009) Les Heteroceres, ou papillons de nuit, de l'ile de La Reunion. Volume 3. Familles des Pyralidae et Crambidae. Nature Decouverte et Partage, Parc National de La Reunion, 552 pp., 11 pls.
  • Martire, D. & Rochat, J. (2008) Les papillons de La Reunion et leurs chenilles. Biotope, Meze (Collection Parthenope). Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, 496 pp.
  • Karisch, T. (2005) Ubersicht ¸ ber die Gattung Dracontogena Diakonoff 1970 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae: Grapholitini). Linzer biologische Beitrage, 37 (1), 457 - 476. [https: // www. zobodat. at / pdf / LBB _ 0037 _ 1 _ 0457 - 0476. pdf]
  • Kroon, D. M. (1999) Lepidoptera of Southern Africa - Host-plants and other Associations. A Catalogue. Published by the author and Lepidopterists' Society of Africa, Johannesburg, 160 pp.
  • Pinhey, E. C. G. (1975) Moths of southern Africa. Tafelberg, Cape Town, 273 pp., pls. 1 - 63.
  • 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)
  • 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