Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794)

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 111

Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794)

COMMON NAME (S): Olive-tree Pearl or White Pearl. SYNONYM(S): Botys quinquepunctalis Boisduval, 1833 ; Pyralis unionalis Ḩbner, 1796; Margarodes septempunctalis Mabille, 1880e ; Margaronia transvisalis Guenée, 1854 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros, Croatia, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France,

Gambia, Ghana, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia,

Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mozambique, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Poland,

Portugal, Réunion, Romania, Russia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,

Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Kafue and Lusaka, in Lusaka Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants include: two Oleaceae species ( Jasminum officinale L. and J. sambac (L.) Aiton in the Réunion; one Oleaceae species ( J. dichotomum Vahl ) in the Democratic Republic of Congo; one Oleaceae species

( Olea europaea L.) in South Africa; one Oleaceae species ( J. fluminense Vell. ) in the Seychelles; three

Oleaceae species ( Ligustrum sp. , Fraxinus sp. and Phillyrea sp. ) in Turkey and one Oleaceae species ( J.

auriculatum Vahl.) in an unnamed African country or countries. The five Oleaceae species ( J. officinale

L., J. dichotomum Vahl , J. auriculatum Vahl. , J. sambac (L.) Aiton and Olea europaea L.) are also larval foodplants of the taxon ( African Moths 2019).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Gerlach & Matyot 2006; Ghesquière 1942; Guillermet 2009; Hampson 1910c; Kumral et al. 2007; Pinhey 1975; Shaffer & Munroe 2007.

Genus Pardomima Warren, 1890