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