Spoladea recurvalis ( Fabricius, 1775 )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 115

Spoladea recurvalis ( Fabricius, 1775)

COMMON NAME (S): Beet Webworm, Beet webworm moth, Hawaiian beet webworm, Banded Sable, Spinach moth or Maize Moth.

SYNONYM(S): Nacoleia ancylosema Dognin, 1909 ; Phalaena angustalis Fabricius, 1787 ; Hydrocampa albifascialis Boisduval, 1833 ; Spoladea animalis Guenée, 1854 ; Hymenia exodias Meyrick, 1904a ; Pyralis fascialis Cramer, 1782 ; Odezia formosana Shiraki, 1910 ; Phycis recurvella Zincken, 1818 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Andamans, Australia (Queensland), Azores, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Isles, Cameroon, Canada, Cabo Verde, Canary Islands, Caucasus, China, Cocos Islands , Comoros, Cook

Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Easter Island, Ecuador (Galápagos (Galápagos

Islands)), Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany,

Great Britain, Greece, Guadeloupe, Hawaii, Hispaniola, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, Java,

Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco,

Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia , Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Philippines,

Portugal, Puerto Rico, Rapa Island, Réunion, Rhode Island, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Helena , Saudi

Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri

Lanka, Sudan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, USA, Western Sahara, Yemen,

Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka, in Lusaka Province; Kaoma, in Western Province; Mumbwa and Kabwe, in Central Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants include: One Asteraceae species ( Helianthus sp. ) and one Aizoaceae species ( Tetragonia sp. ) in the Réunion; one Amaranthaceae species ( Achyranthes aspera L.) and one Aizoaceae species

( Trianthema portulacastrum L.) in the Seychelles; two Amaranthaceae species ( Amaranthus sp. and

Telanthera versicolor Regel ) in the Democratic Republic of Congo; one Brassicaceae species ( Brassica

sp.) in Uganda; and one Chenopodiaceae species ( Beta vulgaris L.), one Amaranthaceae species

( Alternanthera sp. ), one Chenopodiaceae species ( Kochia indica Wight ) and two Fabaceae species

( Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. and Glycine max (L.) Merr.) in an unnamed African country or countries.

According to the African Moths (2019) webpage, larvae of the taxon are polyphagous.

The wasp Trathala flavoorbitalis (Ichneumonidae) is a parasitoid of the taxom ( Rousse & Villemant

2012).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; Asselbergs 2008; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Gerlach & Matyot 2006; Ghesquière 1940a; Guillermet 2009; Hampson 1910c; IUCN Red List of ThreatenedSpecies 2017-1; Legrand 1966; Nyiira 1973.

Genus Stemorrhages Lederer, 1863