''Apisa grisescens'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family Erebidae. It was described by

Abel Dufrane Abel Dufrane (8 May 1880, in Frameries – 29 December 1960, in Mons) was a Belgian entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. Dufrane studied the butterfly fauna of the Lake Kivu area of Central Africa. He was a member of the Royal Belgian Ent ...

in 1945. It is found in the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

Malawi Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeas ...

Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...

and

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and ...

References

Moths described in 1945 Syntomini Lepidoptera of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Lepidoptera of Mozambique Lepidoptera of Malawi Lepidoptera of Zimbabwe Erebid moths of Africa {{Syntomini-stub