Lophocrama phoenicochlora Hampson 1912

Lophocrama phoenicochlora Hampson, 1912a COMMON NAME(S): Large Vernal. SYNONYM(S): None. IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE). DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Livingstone, in Southern Province; Mumbwa, in Central Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include Triplochiton scleroxylon K.Schum. (Malvaceae) in Ghana and Theobroma cacao L. (Sterculiaceae) and the following Malvaceae species, Cola nitida (Vent.) Schott & Endl., Cola simiarum Sprague ex Brenan & Keay, Cola acuminata (P.Beauv.) Schott & Endl. and Grewia sp., elsewhere in Africa. SOURCES: African Moths 2019; Catalogue of Life 2017; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Pinhey 1975.