Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera) Author Mbata, Keith J. 0009-0003-7628-8485 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Zambia, P. O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia kmbata 51 @ yahoo. com; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0003 - 7628 - 8485 kmbata51@yahoo.com Author Prins, Jurate De 0009-0003-7628-8485 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Zambia, P. O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia kmbata 51 @ yahoo. com; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0003 - 7628 - 8485 & Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium & Department of Biological Sciences, University of Zambia, P. O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia kmbata 51 @ yahoo. com; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0003 - 7628 - 8485 & Australian National Insect Collection, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, Australia jurate. deprins @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7637 - 5755 & Department of Biological Sciences, University of Zambia, P. O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia kmbata 51 @ yahoo. com; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0003 - 7628 - 8485 kmbata51@yahoo.com text Zootaxa 2023 2023-10-16 5354 1 1 503 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1 journal article
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Erebus walkeri (
Butler, 1875a
)
COMMON NAME(S): Erebid moth. SYNONYM(S):
Nyctipao valceri
Hampson, 1913a
.
IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).
DISTRIBUTION:
Angola
,
Cameroon
,
Comoros
,
Democratic Republic of Congo
,
Ethiopia
,
Gabon
,
Gambia
,
Ghana
,
Kenya
,
Madagascar
,
Malawi
,
Mauritius
,
Mozambique
,
Nigeria
,
Réunion
,
Rwanda
,
Sao Tome & Principe
,
Seychelles
,
Sierra Leone
,
Somalia
,
South Africa
,
Sudan
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
,
Zambia
,
Zimbabwe
.
LOCALITY IN
ZAMBIA
: Lusaka, in Lusaka Province; Livingstone, in Southern Province; Kaoma, in Western Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): According to the
African Moths (2019)
webpage, larval foodplants include three
Fabaceae
species (
Pseudoentada natalensis Guinet
,
Adenopodia spicata (E.Mey.) C.Presl
and
Entada sp.
), one
Rutaceae
species (
Citrus sp.
), one
Malvaceae
species (
Gossypium sp.
) and one
Boraginaceae
species (
Cordia caffra Sond.
).
SOURCES:
African Moths 2019
;
Butler 1897a
;
De Prins & De Prins 2022
.
Genus
Ericeia
Walker, 1858b
