28. Ghesquierellana hirtusalis (Walker, 1859)

(Fig. 21)

Synonymy follows Nuss et al. (2003 –2018):

= Ghesquierellana hirsutalis Pinhey, 1975;

= Phostria pallas Meyriсk, 1936;

= Polygrammodes hirtusalis borbonica Viette, 1976 .

Material: 9 ex. Mali, Bamako, Ouronina 12°5'39.78"N 8°24'3.16"W, 25.01.– 29.05.2014, leg. Kravchenko et al., 4 ex. same data except the date 15.08.– 07.11.2014 (SMNH) .

Distribution: Afrotropical. Comoros, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Réunion, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe (De Prins & De Prins 2018) and Mali (new record).

Host-plants: Moraceae: Ficus carica L., F. mauritiana Lam., F. mucuso Welw. ex Ficalho, F. sur Forssk., F. trichopoda Backer, F. vallis-choudae Delile; Malvaceae: Gossypium sp. (Goff 2018).