53. Patania (= Pleuroptya) balteata (Fabricius, 1798)

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

= Botys aurea Butler, 1879;

= Botys crocealis Duponсhel, 1834;

= Botys aurantiacalis Fisсher von Röslerstamm, 1840;

= Botys mysolalis Walker, 1866;

= Patania balteata africalis P. Leraut, 2005;

= Sylepta [siс] evergestialis Strand, 1918;

= Sylepta [siс] irregularis Rothsсhild, 1915.

Material: 3689 ex. Mali, Bamako, Ouronina 12°5'39.78"N 8°24'3.16"W, 01.05.– 31.07.2014, leg. Kravchenko et al., 171 ex. same data except the date 01.08.– 19.11.2014 (SMNH) .

Distribution: Palaeotropical, penetrates to Palaearctic. In Africa: Benin, Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Madagascar, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Zambia (De Prins & De Prins 2018) and Mali (new record). Also in Oriental: India, Taiwan; Palaearctic: China, Japan, South Europe (De Prins & De Prins 2018).

Host-plants: Anacardiaceae: Anacardium occidentale L., Cotinus coggygria Scop., Pistacia terebinthus L., Pseudospondias microcarpa (A.Rich.) Engl., Toxicodendron vernicifluum (Stokes) F. A. Barkley, (De Prins & De Prins 2018); Fabaceae: Quercus serrata Murray, Castanea spp. (Wikipedia 2018); Urticaceae: Boehmeria stipularis Wedd. (De Prins & De Prins 2018) .