Hydriris ornatalis (Duponchel, 1832)

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

38. Hydriris ornatalis (Duponchel, 1832)

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

= Botys invenustalis Walker, 1866 ;

= Cataclysta fraterna Butler, 1875 ;

= Ercta ornatalis orientalis Yamanaka, 1972 ;

= Nymphula bifascialis Heeger, 1838 ;

= Nymphula saturnalis Treitsсhke, 1835;

= Spanista saturalis Swinhoe, 1889 ;

= Pyralis deciusalis Walker, 1859 с;

= Stenia pulchellalis Mabille, 1879.

Material : 3 ex. Mali, Bamako, Ouronina 12°5'39.78"N 8°24'3.16"W, 23.01.– 04.02.2014, leg. Kravchenko et al., 5 ex. 05.09.– 08.11.2014 ( SMNH) .

Distribution: Palaeotropical, penetrates to Palaearctic. In Africa: British Indian Ocean Territory, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Comoros, DR Congo, Egypt, Gambia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, Saint Helena, Seychelles, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe ( De Prins & De Prins 2018) and Mali (new record). Also in: Australasia: Australia; Oriental: India, Sri Lanka; Nearctics: North America and Palaearctics: Southern Europe ( Wikipedia 2018).

Host-plants: Convolvulaceae : Convolvulus arvensis L.; Ipomoea aquatic Forssk. , I. batatas (L.) Lam., I. calophylla Fenzl ; Fabaceae : Acacia monticola J.M.Black ; Polygonaceae : Emex spinosa (L.) Campd.; Rosaceae : Malus pumila Mill. ( Goff 2018) .