Antheua insignata Gaede, 1928

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 267-268

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15197430
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scientific name	Antheua insignata Gaede, 1928
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Antheua insignata Gaede, 1928 View in CoL *

COMMON NAME(S): Prominent, Notodontid moth or Edible caterpillar (“Tukoto”, in Bemba in one of the local languages in Zambia).

SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Environs of Lake Bangweulu , in Luapula province ; Kasama and Mbala, in Northern Province; Chililabombwe **, in Copperbelt Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Unknown.

SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; Malaisse 1997.