Chrysodeixis acuta ( Walker, 1858a )

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

Chrysodeixis acuta ( Walker, 1858a)

COMMON NAME (S): Silver U, Tunbridge Wells Gem, Tomato Semi-looper or Tomato Looper. SYNONYM(S): Plusia buchholzi Pl ̂tz, 1880; Neoplusia furihatai Okano, 1963 ; Shensiplusia nigribursa Chou & Lu, 1974 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Afghanistan, Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Cabo Verde, China, Comoros, Cook Islands, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Great

Britain, India, Ireland, Japan, Java, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia , Nepal, Nigeria,

Oman, Pakistan, Portugal, Republic of Congo, Saint Helena _ Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Sao Tome & Principe,

Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda,

Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka, in Lusaka Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): The following larval foodplants are known in South Africa: Solanum lycopersicum L. and Solanum tuberosum L. from the plant family Solanaceae ; Musa sp. (Musaceae) ; Gossypium sp. (Malvaceae) and

Chrysanthemum sp. (Asteraceae) . Solanum sp. (Solanaceae) and Nicotiana sp. both from the family

Solanaceae are host plants in Madagascar. Canna sp. (Cannaceae) is a larval foodplant of the taxon in Zimbabwe, Phaseolus sp. (Fabaceae) in Angola, Solanum melongena L. ( Solanaceae ) in Japan and

Arctium lappa L. ( Asteraceae ) in an unspecified country of Africa. No larval foodplants have been specified for Zambia yet.

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1913b.