Biology:Zebronia phenice

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Short description: Species of moth

Zebronia phenice
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Zebronia
Species:
Z. phenice
Binomial name
Zebronia phenice
(Stoll in Cramer & Stoll, 1782)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena Pyralis phenice Stoll in Cramer & Stoll, 1782
  • Zebronia phenice var. mayottensis Pagenstecher, 1907
  • Phakellura imparivirgalis Mabille, 1881
  • Spilomela phenicealis Guenée, 1854
  • Spilomela podalirialis Guenée, 1854
  • Spilomela podalivalis Klima, 1937
  • Spilomela podalivalvis Pinhey, 1975
  • Spilomela trivirgalis Mabille, 1880
  • Zebronia botydis Strand, 1915
  • Zebronia foederalis Hübner, 1825
  • Zebronia lathurusalis Walker, 1859

Zebronia phenice is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Stoll in 1782.[1] It is found in Cameroon, Mayotte, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, La Réunion, Madagascar , Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa , Tanzania, Gambia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2]

The larvae feed on Zizyphus mauritiana, Spathodea campanulata, Tecoma and Stenotaphrum species.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q14525798 entry