Campimoptilum kuntzei ( Dewitz, 1881 )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 150

Campimoptilum kuntzei ( Dewitz, 1881)

COMMON NAME(S): Lunar Prince. SYNONYM(S): Lasioptila ansorgei Kirby, 1896 ; Lasioptila selene Kirby, 1896 ; Campimoptilum ochraceum Aurivillius, 1901a .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Isoka and Kopa, in Muchinga Province; Solwezi, in Northwestern Province; Livingstone, in Southern Province; Mansa, in Luapula Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S):Larval foodplants include:three Fabaceae species ( Acacia sieberiana DC. , Julbernardia paniculata (Benth.) Troupin and Bauhinia galpinii N.E.Br. ) and two Caesalpiniaceae species ( Brachystegia spiciformis Benth.

and B. venosa Hutch. & Burtt Davy ) in South Africa; two Fabaceae species ( Julbernardia globiflora

(Benth.) Troupin and Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn.) in Zimbabwe. No host plants or larval foodplants named for Zambia.

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c; Oberprieler 1992, 1995; Pinhey 1972b.