Thyretes negus Oberth

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 308

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.15197677
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C57D-FEEA-62F6-FEA8FCDA9832
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Thyretes negus Oberth
status

Treatment

Thyretes negus Oberth View in CoL ̡r, 1878

COMMON NAME(S): Ethiopian Maiden.

SYNONYM(S): Thyretes phasma Butler, 1897a ; Thyretes misa Strand, 1911b .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Kabwe, in Central Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants are Grasses ( Poaceae ).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Pinhey 1975.