Brithys crini ( Fabricius, 1775 )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 419

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C5EC-FE7B-62F6-FA94FDB29D4A
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Brithys crini ( Fabricius, 1775 )
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Brithys crini ( Fabricius, 1775) View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Lily Borer, Crinum borer, Kew Arches, the Lilly Leaf Borer or the Amaryllis borer.

SYNONYM(S): Noctua dominica Cramer, 1782 ; Brithys nipponica Matsumura, 1931 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Algeria, Cameroon, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia , Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Réunion, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Also reported from Australia, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Hillwood Farm, Ikelenge, in Northwestern Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include Amaryllis belladonna L., Boophone disticha Herb., Crinum sp., Crytanthus breviflorus , Gladiolus dalenii Van Geel , Eucharis moorei (Baker) Meerow , Albuca virens (Lindl.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt , Zephyranthes carinata Herb.

SOURCES: Bold Systems 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022.

Genus Busseola Thurau, 1904 View in CoL