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Species of hook-tip moth

Negera natalensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Negera
Species: N. natalensis
Binomial name
Negera natalensis
(Felder, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Ctenogyna natalensis Felder, 1874
  • Ancistrota geometroides Holland, 1893

Negera natalensis is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Felder in 1874. It is found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Gambia, Uganda and Zambia.

The larvae feed on Pavetta lanceolata and Coffea species.

Subspecies

  • Negera natalensis natalensis (South Africa)
  • Negera natalensis geometroides (Holland, 1893) (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia)
  • Negera natalensis parviluma Watson, 1965 (Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Gambia)

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Negera natalensis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  2. Afro Moths
Taxon identifiers
Negera natalensis


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