Racotis zebrina

Racotis zebrina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Ennominae
Genus:	Racotis
Species:	R. zebrina
Binomial name
	Racotis zebrina; Warren, 1899

Racotis zebrina is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Central, Eastern & Southern Africa, from Niger to South Africa.^[1]

A known food-plant of the larvae is Popowia caffra (Annonaceae).

It can be distinguished from Racotis squalida (Butler, 1878) by its smaller size and by the male antennae. In R.squalida these are quite short and straight, while they are much longer and coarser with strong ciliations in R.zebrina.^[2]

References

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^ Warren, W. 1899a. New species and genera of the families Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Uraniidae, Epiplemidae, and Geometridae from the Old-World regions. - Novitates Zoologicae 6(1):1–66.

External links

boldsystems.org: images of Racotis zebrina

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[1] romoths

[2] Warren, W. 1899a. New species and genera of the families Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Uraniidae, Epiplemidae, and Geometridae from the Old-World regions. - Novitates Zoologicae 6(1):1–66.

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