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

Racotis zebrina is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by William Warren in 1899. It is found in central, eastern and 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

^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Racotis zebrina Warren, 1899". Afromoths. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
^ Warren, W. (1899). "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

"Taxonomy Browser: Racotis zebrina". Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). Retrieved February 8, 2019. With images.

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[1] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Racotis zebrina Warren, 1899". Afromoths. Retrieved February 8, 2019.

[2] Warren, W. (1899). "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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