Basiothia aureata ( Karsch, 1891b )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 175

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1
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treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Basiothia aureata ( Karsch, 1891b )
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Basiothia aureata ( Karsch, 1891b) View in CoL *

COMMON NAME(S): Gold Dotted Temnora Hawkmoth.

SYNONYM(S): Lophuron brevipenne Rothschild, 1895a .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Liberia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka ** and Kafue, in Lusaka Province; Chingola, in Copperbelt Province; Solwezi, in Northwestern Province; Livingstone, in Southern Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include one Balsaminaceae species ( Impatens sp.) ( African Moths 2019).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; D’Abrera 1987; De Prins & De Prins 2022.