Acrapex unicolora (Hampson, 1910d) COMMON NAME(S): Owlet Moth, Underwing or Noctuid moth. SYNONYM(S): Acrapex brunneosa Bethune-Baker, 1911; Busseola fuscantis Hampson, 1918a; Busseola hemiphlebia Hampson, 1914b; Acrapex quadrata Berio, 1973; Acrapex simplex Janse, 1939. IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE). DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: ‘Lusaka’, in Lusaka Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): The following plant species are reported as host plants for this taxon in Tanzania: Andropogon gayanus Kunth, Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty, Cymbopogon pospischilii (K.Schum.) C.E.Hubb., Hyparrhenia diplandra (Hack.) Stapf, Cymbopogon schoenanthus subsp. proximus (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Maire & Weiller and Setaria sphacelata Stapf & C.E.Hubb. ex M.B.Moss. No host plants are known for the taxon in Zambia. SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; Le Ru et al. 2017.

Published as part of Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), pp. 1-503 in Zootaxa 5354 (1) on page 416, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10130434