Acontia achatina

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author Mbata, Keith J.
Prins, Jurate De
author_facet Mbata, Keith J.
Prins, Jurate De
contents <p><b><i>Acontia achatina</i> (Weymer, 1896) (Fig. 34)</b></p><p>COMMON NAME(S): Blossom Moth or simply, Blossom.</p><p>SYNONYM(S): None.</p><p>IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).</p><p>DISTRIBUTION: Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.</p><p>LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Mid Luangwa valley, in Eastern Province.</p><p>LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants include a yet to be identified Malvaceae species (<i>Azanza</i> sp.) (Pinhey 1975) and the African Moths (2019) webpage specifically reports two Malvaceae species, the “African chewing gum” or “Matobo in Tonga, one of the Zambian Languages”, <i>Thespesia garckeana</i> F.Hoffm. and a related “chewing gum species”, <i>Gossypioides kirkii</i> (Mast.) Skovsted and another Malvaceae species yet to be identified, <i>Thespesia</i> sp. as larval foodplants of this taxon.</p><p>SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hacker 2022.</p>
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spellingShingle Acontia achatina
Mbata, Keith J.
Prins, Jurate De
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Noctuidae
Acontia
Acontia achatina
<p><b><i>Acontia achatina</i> (Weymer, 1896) (Fig. 34)</b></p><p>COMMON NAME(S): Blossom Moth or simply, Blossom.</p><p>SYNONYM(S): None.</p><p>IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).</p><p>DISTRIBUTION: Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.</p><p>LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Mid Luangwa valley, in Eastern Province.</p><p>LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants include a yet to be identified Malvaceae species (<i>Azanza</i> sp.) (Pinhey 1975) and the African Moths (2019) webpage specifically reports two Malvaceae species, the “African chewing gum” or “Matobo in Tonga, one of the Zambian Languages”, <i>Thespesia garckeana</i> F.Hoffm. and a related “chewing gum species”, <i>Gossypioides kirkii</i> (Mast.) Skovsted and another Malvaceae species yet to be identified, <i>Thespesia</i> sp. as larval foodplants of this taxon.</p><p>SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hacker 2022.</p>
title Acontia achatina
topic Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Noctuidae
Acontia
Acontia achatina
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18853105