Pyrausta phoenicealis ( Hübner, 1818 ), Hubner, 1818

Poltavsky, Alexander N., Kravchenko, Vasiliy D., Traore, Mohammed M., Traore, Sekou F., Gergely, Petrányi, Witt, Thomas J., Sulak, Harry, Beck, T., Junnila, Amy, Revay, Edita E., Doumbia, Seydou, Beier, John C. & Muller, Gunter C., 2018, The Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) fauna of the woody savannah belt in Mali, West Africa, Zootaxa 4457 (1), pp. 39-69 : 45

14. Pyrausta phoenicealis ( Hübner, 1818)

( Fig. 10 )

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

Botys coecilialis Walker, 1859b ;

Botys phaenicealis Snellen, 1883 ;

Botys phaenicialis Snellen, 1875 ;

Myriostephes heliamma Meyriсk, 1885b;

Rhodaria flegialis Walker, 1859b ;

Rhodaria nerialis Boisduval, 1833b ;

Rhodaria noraxalis Walker, 1859 с;

Rhodaria ocellusalis Walker, 1859 с;

Rhodaria panopealis Walker, 1859a ;

Rhodaria catenalis Walker, 1866 ;

Rhodaria concatenalis Walker, 1866 ;

Rhodaria juncturalis Walker, 1866 ;

Rhodaria probalis Walker, 1859 с.

Material : 47 ex. Mali, Bamako, Ouronina 12°5'39.78"N 8°24'3.16"W, 23.01.– 24.03.2014, leg. Kravchenko et al., 2 ex. same data except the date 10– 23.09.2014 ( SMNH) .

Distribution: Cosmopolitan. In Africa: Comoros, DR Congo, Gambia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Namibia, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates ( De Prins & De Prins 2018) and Mali (new record). Also in Australasia: Australia; Nearctic: U.S. A.; Neotropical: Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic; Oriental: India, Taiwan; Palaearctic: China, Europe, Japan, Turkey ( De Prins & De Prins 2018).

Host-plants: Lamiaceae : Coleus sp., Dicerandra frutescens Shinners , Hyptis pectinate (L.) Poit., H. brevipes Poit. , H. capitata Jacq. , Rosmarinus officinalis L. Known as perilla leaf moth—a pest of shiso ( Perilla ), fruit mint ( Dicerandra frutescens ) and knobweed ( Hyptis capitata ) ( Heppner 2003; Choi et al. 2008).

Figures

FIGURES 8–22. Some images of Pyraloidea speсies from Mali. 8. Parapoynx fluctuosalis. 9. Cryptosana caritalis. 10. Pyrausta phoenicealis. 11. Diaphania indica. 12. Glyphodes bicolor. 13. Glyphodes onychinalis. 14. Glyphodes stolalis. 15. Haritalodes derogata. 16. Syllepte rogationis. 17. Nevrina sp. 18. Nevrina procopia (Stoll in Cramer & Stoll, 1781) from Liberia. 19. Orphanostigma abruptalis. 20. Synclera traducalis. 21. Ghesquierellana hirtusalis. 22. Ulopeza conigeralis.