Zeuctoboarmia hyrax
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Z. hyrax
Binomial name
Zeuctoboarmia hyrax
(Townsend, 1952)[1]
Synonyms
  • Paracotis hyrax Townsend, 1952

Zeuctoboarmia hyrax, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm, where it has been recorded from Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Yemen and Zimbabwe. The larvae feed on the pepper-tree Schinus molle.[2]

References

  1. โ†‘ Townsend A. L. H. 1952. Four new Kenya moths. - Journal of the East African Natural History Society 20:68โ€”71.
  2. โ†‘ Zeuctoboarmia hyrax. AfroMoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species. Retrieved 6 October 2016.


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