Hypocala deflorata ( Fabricius, 1794 )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 361

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1
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scientific name	Hypocala deflorata ( Fabricius, 1794 )
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Hypocala deflorata ( Fabricius, 1794) View in CoL

COMMON NAME(S): Variable yellow underwing.

SYNONYM(S): Hypocala australiae Butler, 1892a ; Hypocala moorei Butler, 1892a .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Australia, Botswana, Cameroon, Cook Islands, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Hawaii, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, New Zealand, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Republic of Congo, Russia, Seychelles; Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka, in Lusaka Province; Mpika, in Muchinga Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include four Ebenaceaespecies (i.e. Diospyros pallens (Thunb.) F.White, D. villosa (L.) De Winter, D. dichrophylla (Gand.) De Winter and D. lycioides Desf. ), a yet to be identified Sapota sp. (Sapotaceae) and Royena sp. (Ebenaceae) ( African Moths 2019).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Kopij 2006; Pinhey 1975.