35. Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859)

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

= Botys abstrusalis Walker, 1859b;

= Botys immundalis Walker, 1866;

= Botys pharaxalis Walker, 1859b;

= Botys serotinalis Joannis in Joannis & Ragonot, 1889;

= Entephria fumidalis Walker, 1866 .

Material: 6 ex. Mali, Bamako, Ouronina 12°5'39.78"N 8°24'3.16"W, 04.08.– 23.09.2014, leg. Kravchenko et al. (SMNH).

Distribution: Palaeotropical, penetrates to Palaearctic. In Africa: British Indian Ocean Territory, Cameroon, Cape Verde, DR Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Réunion, Saint Helena, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Zimbabwe (De Prins & De Prins 2018) and Mali (new record). Also in Australasia: Hawaii, New Zealand, Solomon Islands; Oriental: Andaman Islands, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia (Borneo), Malaysia (Sarawak), New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka; Palaearctic: China, Cyprus, Japan, Lebanon, North Africa, South Europe, Syria (De Prins & De Prins 2018).

Host-plants: Poaceae: Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers., Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn., Hyparrhenia sp., Lolium perenne L., Paspalum dilatatum Poir., Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst. ex Chiov., Oryza sativa L., Stenotaphrum dimidiatum (L.) Brongn., Zea mays L .. (De Prins & De Prins 2018;). Known as tropical grass webworm—its larvae feed on various grasses of the Poaceae family and it is a pest of turf and pastures (Wikipedia 2018).