Azygophleps inclusa ( Walker, 1856a )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 44

Azygophleps inclusa ( Walker, 1856a) ( Fig. 16 )

COMMON NAME(S): Inclusive goat moth.

SYNONYM(S): Zeuzera petax Wallengren, 1860 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cȏte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: 10 km S Isoka [Latitude, - 10°11′50″ S; Longitude, 32°37′41″ E] and Mutinondo Wilderness [Latitude, - 12°23′30′′ S; Longitude , 31°19′22′′ E], both localities in Muchinga Province; Kapishya Hot springs Lodge [Latitude, - 11° 10’ 16” S; Longitude, 31° 36’ 03” E], in Northern Province; Senanga, in Western Province; Hillwood Farm [Latitude, - 11°16.01′ S; Longitude, 24°18.99′ E], in Northwestern Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include an unidentified Fabaceae species ( Indigofera sp. ).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Fletcher 1968; Pinhey 1979; Yakovlev 2011, 2014.

Figures

FIGURES 16–17. Adult moths.16, Arniocera zambesina (Walker, 1866), Zambezi Burnet [Thyrididae, Charidienae], riverside Motel (RIMO) in Kafue, 19 January, 2011; 16a, dorsal view, 16b, ventral view. 17, Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775), Beet Webworm, Banded Sable, live (Crambidae: Spiromelinae), 18 March 2011. Scale bar 2 cm. © Kind permission of the University of Zambia.