Antigastra catalaunalis (Duponchel, 1833)

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 100

Antigastra catalaunalis (Duponchel, 1833)

COMMON NAME (S): Red Veined Pearl, Sesame Leafroller Moth, Spanish Dot.

SYNONYM(S): Botys venosalis Walker, 1866a .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Comoros, Croatia, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Egypt, France, Gambia, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Libya, Macedonia, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia , Netherlands, Oman, Portugal, Réunion, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, USA (California), Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka , in Lusaka Province; Livingstone, in Southern Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include; Two Plantaginaceae species ( Linaria fruticosa and Anarrhinum brevifolium ), four Pedaliaceae species ( Sesamum angustifloium , Sesamum angolense , Sesamum indicum and Sesamum orientale ), one yet to be identified Solanaceae species ( Solanum sp. ), one Poaceae species ( Panicum maximum ) and one Verbenaceae species ( Duranta erecta ) ( African Moths 2019).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c.

Genus Bocchoris Moore, 1885