Stemorrhages sericea ( Drury, 1773 )
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17343370 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C43C-FFAA-62F6-F814FCCD98CA |
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Plazi |
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Stemorrhages sericea ( Drury, 1773 ) |
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Stemorrhages sericea ( Drury, 1773) View in CoL
COMMON NAME(S): Large emerald pearl.
SYNONYM(S): Pyralis polita Cramer, 1777 ; Phalaena laterata Fabricius, 1794 ; Margaronia congradalis Ḩbner, 1825; Botys thalassinalis Boisduval, 1833 ; Margarodes beryllalis Guenée, 1854 ; Margarodes sericeolalis Guenée, 1862 .
IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).
DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Cameroon, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Réunion, Sao Tome & Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Livingstone and Zimba, in Southern Province; Mpika, in Muchinga Province.
LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants for the taxon include: three Apocynaceae species ( Tabernaemontana persicariifolia Jacq. , Tabernanthe iboga Baill. and Nerium oleander L.) and one Rubiaceae species ( Gardenia jasminoides J.Ellis) in the Réunion; three Apocynaceae species ( Tabernaemontana divaricata (L.) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult., Nerium oleander L. and Ervatamia coronaria (Jacq.) Stapf ) in the Seychelles; two Rubiaceae species ( Gardenia jasminoides J.Ellis and another yet to be identified Gardenia sp. ) in Tanzania; one Arecaceae species ( Raphia sp. ) and one Podocarpaceae species ( Afrocarpus usambarensis (Pilg.) C.N.Page) in unnamed African country or countries. No specific host plants of the taxon have been reported for Zambia.
SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Fletcher 1910; Gerlach & Matyot 2006; Ghesquière 1942; Guillermet 2009; Hampson 1910c; Legrand 1966; Poltavsky et al. 2018b.
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