Marasmia, Lederer, 1863

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 : 52-53

39. Marasmia (= Cnaphalocrocis ) trapezalis ( Guenée, 1854)

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

= Botys convectalis Walker, 1866 ;

= Botys creonalis Walker, 1859b ;

= Botys neoclesalis Walker, 1859b ;

= Botys suspicalis Walker, 1859b ;

= Bradina andresi Rebel, 1912 ;

= Cnaphalocrocis bifurcalis Snellen, 1880 ;

= Dolichosticha perinephes Meyriсk, 1886.

Material : 6 ex. Mali, Bamako, Ouronina 12°5'39.78"N 8°24'3.16"W, 15.05.– 05.06.2014, leg. Kravchenko et al., 41 ex. same data except the date 15.07.– 21.10.2014 ( SMNH) .

Distribution: Pantropical, penetrates to Palaearctic. In Africa: Cameroon, DR Congo, Egypt, Gambia, Kenya,, Madagascar, Mauritius, Nigeria, Oman, Réunion, Saint Helena, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe ( De Prins & De Prins 2018) and Mali (new record). Also in Australasia: Australia, Fiji, Palau, Polynesia; Neotropical: Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru; Oriental: S. China, India, Indonesia ( Sulawesi), Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka ( De Prins & De Prins 2018).

Host-plants: Polyphagous. Poaceae : Brachiaria sp., Imperata cylindrical (L.) Raeusch., Oryza sativa L., Panicum maximum Jacq. , P. trichocladum K. Schum. , Paspalum notatum Flüggé , Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst. ex Chiov. , Saccharum officinarum L., Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, Triticum aestivum L., Zea mays L., ( Goff 2018). Known as rice leaf folder—this species damages rice in Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo (Heinrichs & Barrion 2004). It is also a pest of maize, sorghum and sugarcane.