38. Hydriris ornatalis (Duponchel, 1832)

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

= Botys invenustalis Walker, 1866;

= Cataclysta fraterna Butler, 1875;

= Ercta ornatalis orientalis Yamanaka, 1972;

= Nymphula bifascialis Heeger, 1838;

= Nymphula saturnalis Treitsсhke, 1835;

= Spanista saturalis Swinhoe, 1889;

= Pyralis deciusalis Walker, 1859 с;

= Stenia pulchellalis Mabille, 1879.

Material: 3 ex. Mali, Bamako, Ouronina 12°5'39.78"N 8°24'3.16"W, 23.01.– 04.02.2014, leg. Kravchenko et al., 5 ex. 05.09.– 08.11.2014 (SMNH) .

Distribution: Palaeotropical, penetrates to Palaearctic. In Africa: British Indian Ocean Territory, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Comoros, DR Congo, Egypt, Gambia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, Saint Helena, Seychelles, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe (De Prins & De Prins 2018) and Mali (new record). Also in: Australasia: Australia; Oriental: India, Sri Lanka; Nearctics: North America and Palaearctics: Southern Europe (Wikipedia 2018).

Host-plants: Convolvulaceae: Convolvulus arvensis L.; Ipomoea aquatic Forssk., I. batatas (L.) Lam., I. calophylla Fenzl; Fabaceae: Acacia monticola J.M.Black; Polygonaceae: Emex spinosa (L.) Campd.; Rosaceae: Malus pumila Mill. (Goff 2018) .