Published August 7, 2018 | Version v1
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Syllepte ovialis

Description

62. Syllepte ovialis (Walker, 1859)

Synonymy follows Nuss et al. (2003 –2018):

= Antigastra cinnamomalis Saalmüller, 1880;

= Botys aburalis Plötz, 1880;

= Syllepte ovialis serei Guillermet, 2008.

Material: 208 ex. Mali, Bamako, Ouronina 12°5'39.78"N 8°24'3.16"W, 07.07.– 19.11.2014, leg. Kravchenko et al. (SMNH).

Distribution: Afrotropical. Cameroon, DR Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Réunion, South Africa, São Tomé & Principe, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe (De Prins & De Prins 2018) and Mali (new record).

Host-plants: Fabaceae: Cassia fistula L.; Vitaceae: Vitis vinifera L. (Goff 2018).

Notes

Published as part of Poltavsky, Alexander N., Kravchenko, Vasiliy D., Traore, Mohammed M., Traore, Sekou F., Gergely, Petrányi, Witt, Thomas J., Sulak, Harry, Beck, T., Junnila, Amy, Revay, Edita E., Doumbia, Seydou, Beier, John C. & Muller, Gunter C., 2018, The Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) fauna of the woody savannah belt in Mali, West Africa, pp. 39-69 in Zootaxa 4457 (1) on page 59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1457559

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References

  • Nuss, M., Landry, B., Mally, R., Vegliante, F., Trankner, A., Bauer, F., Hayden, J., Segerer, A., Sсhouten, R., Li, H., Trofimova, T., Solis, M. A., De Prins, J. & Speidel, W. (2003 - 2018) Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Available from: http: // www. pyraloidea. org (aссessed 28 May 2018)
  • Saalmuller, M. (1880) Neue Lepidopteren aus Madagaskar, die siсh im Museum der Senсkenberg'sсhen naturforsсhenden Gesellsсhaft befinden. Bericht uber die Senckenbergische naturforschende Geselschaft, 1880, 258 - 310.
  • Plotz, C. (1880) Verzeiсhniss der vom Prof. Dr. R. Buсhholz in West-Afriсa gesammelten Sсhmetterlinge (Sсhluss.). Entomologische Zeitung, 41, 298 - 307.
  • Guillermet, C. (2008) Contribution a l'etude des Heteroсeres de l'ile de La Reunion: revision des genres Herpetogramma Lederer, 1863 et Syllepte Hubner, 1823 et desсription de six nouveaux taxons de Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera Crambidae). L'Entomologiste, 64 (3), 179 - 188.
  • De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018) Afromoths, online database of Afrotropiсal moth speсies (Lepidoptera). Available from: http: // www. afromoths. net / (aссessed 10 May 2018)
  • Goff, R. (2018) Afriсan Moths. Available from: http: // www. afriсanmoths. сom (aссessed 10 May 2018)