Neomocena convergens ( Hering, 1928a )
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C475-FFE2-62F6-F992FCE89D9D |
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Plazi |
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Neomocena convergens ( Hering, 1928a ) |
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Neomocena convergens ( Hering, 1928a) View in CoL
COMMON NAME(S): Convergent Slug.
SYNONYM(S): None.
IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).
DISTRIBUTION: Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka, in Lusaka Province.
LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants are: one Theaceae species, Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze; one yet to be identified Rubiaceae species, Coffea sp. ; one Lythraceae species, Lagerstroemia indica L.; one yet to be identified Proteaceae species, Macadamia sp. ; one identified and one yet to be identified Malvaceae species namely, Theobroma cacao L. and Corchorus sp. ; two Euphorbiaceae species, Acalypha glabrata Thunb. and Ricinus communis L.; two Sapindaceae species Deinbollia oblongifolia (E.Mey. ex Arn.) Radlk. and Dodonaea sp. ; one Ebenaceae species, Diospyros lycioides Desf. and one Celastraceae species, Putterlickia verrucosa (E. Mey. ex Sond.) Szyszył.
SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Janse 1964.
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