Rhaconotus (Rhaconotus) scirpophagae Wilkinson, 1927

Figs 57–58

Rhaconotus scirpophagae Wilkinson, 1927: 34 .

Rhaconotus scirpophagae – Nixon 1939: 123; 1941: 482. — Polaszek et al. 1994: 80. — van Achterberg & Polaszek 1996: 59. — Belokobylskij 2001b: 133. — Yu et al. 2016.

Material examined

YEMEN • 1 ♀; “Yemen (4054), Al Kowd, viii.1999, light-trap, A.v. Harten & S. Al Haruri. RMNH’00”; RMNH .

Hosts

Chilo auricilius Dudgeon, 1905, Сh. partellus (Swinhoe, 1885), Scirpophaga excerptalis (Walker, 1863), S. nivella (Fabricius, 1794) (Crambidae); Busseola fusca (Fuller, 1901) (Noctuidae); Maliarpha separatella Ragonot, 1888 (Pyralidae) ( Lepidoptera).

Distribution

Oriental: Bangladesh, China (Taiwan, introduced), India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Vietnam; Afrotropical: Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mauritius (introduced), Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, * Yemen; Neotropical: Trinidad & Tobago (introduced).