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Main Authors: Mbata, Keith J., Prins, Jurate De
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Published: Zenodo 2023
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18634875
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  • <p><b><i>Lacipa quadripunctata</i> Dewitz, 1881</b></p><p>COMMON NAME(S): Tussock moth.</p><p>SYNONYM(S): <i>Lacipa croceigramma</i> Hampson 1910a; <i>Lacipa quinquepunctata</i> Distant, 1898a; <i>Lacipa sarcistoides</i> Hering, 1926.</p><p>IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).</p><p>DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Senegal, South Africa, Togo, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.</p><p>LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Kafue and Lusaka, in Lusaka Province.</p><p>LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include one Caryophyllaceae species (<i>Dianthus caryophyllus</i> L.), one Poaceae species (<i>Eleusine coracana</i> Gaertn. [finger millet]), one Colchicaceae species (<i>Gloriosa</i> sp.) and four Malvaceae species (<i>Gossypium</i> sp., <i>Hibiscus barbosae</i> Exell, <i>H. cannabinus</i> L. and <i>Urena lobata</i> L.).</p><p>SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910a.</p>