Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 429-430

Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)

COMMON NAME (S): Golden twin-spot.

SYNONYM(S): Noctua bengalensis Rossi, 1794 ; Plusia integra Walker, 1858a ; Noctua quaestionis Fabricius, 1794 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Albania, Algeria, Angola, Austria, Azores, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, British Indian Ocean

Territory, British Isles, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Cabo Verde, Chile, Comoros, Corsica, Côte d’Ivoire, Crete, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Egypt, Eritrea, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Metropolitan France, Moldova, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, North Italy, Norway, Oman, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Réunion, Romania, Russia, Saint Helena _ Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Sao Tome & Principe, Sardinia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Sicily, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Italy, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Tanzania,, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka , in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Réunion has the following larval foodplants for the taxon: Ocimum basilicum L. ( Lamiaceae ), Synedrella nodiflora Gaertn. (Asteraceae) , Kalanchoe sp. (Crassulaceae) , Duranta erecta L. ( Verbenaceae ), Solanum lycopersicum L. (tomato) and Solanum mauritianum Scop. (Solanaceae) , Ageratum conyzoides L. ( Asteraceae ), Trema orientalis (L.) Blume ( Ulmaceae ) and Melochia pyramidata L. ( Malvaceae ) ( Bippus 2016a). According to Gerlach & Matyot (2006), the Seychelles has the following host plants for the taxon: Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb. (Goodeniaceae) , Allamanda cathartica L. ( Apocynaceae ), Begonia seychellensis Hemsl. (Begoniaceae) and Tabebuia pallida Miers (Bignoniaceae) Achyrospermum seychellarum Baker (Lamiaceae) , and Gloriosa superba L. ( Liliaceae ). So far, nolarval foodplants have been reported for Zambia.

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; Bippus 2016a; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Gerlach & Matyot 2006; Hampson 1910c.

Genus Ctenoplusia Dufay, 1970