Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.1.2 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2A372679-102F-4E3E-8830-8DD3A799ED80 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6485297 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B7E1A-FFC5-FFAE-FF3F-BAC4748718D5 |
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Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859) |
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35. Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859) View in CoL
Synonymy follows Nuss et al. (2003 –2018):
= Botys abstrusalis Walker, 1859b ;
= Botys immundalis Walker, 1866 View in CoL ;
= Botys pharaxalis Walker, 1859b View in CoL ;
= Botys serotinalis Joannis in Joannis & Ragonot, 1889 View in CoL ;
= Entephria fumidalis Walker, 1866 View in CoL .
Material : 6 ex. Mali, Bamako, Ouronina 12°5'39.78"N 8°24'3.16"W, 04.08.– 23.09.2014, leg. Kravchenko et al. ( SMNH). GoogleMaps
Distribution: Palaeotropical, penetrates to Palaearctic. In Africa: British Indian Ocean Territory, Cameroon, Cape Verde, DR Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Réunion, Saint Helena, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Zimbabwe ( De Prins & De Prins 2018) and Mali (new record). Also in Australasia: Hawaii, New Zealand, Solomon Islands; Oriental: Andaman Islands, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia (Borneo), Malaysia ( Sarawak), New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka; Palaearctic: China, Cyprus, Japan, Lebanon, North Africa, South Europe, Syria ( De Prins & De Prins 2018).
Host-plants: Poaceae : Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers., Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn., Hyparrhenia sp., Lolium perenne L., Paspalum dilatatum Poir. , Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst. ex Chiov. , Oryza sativa L., Stenotaphrum dimidiatum (L.) Brongn., Zea mays L .. ( De Prins & De Prins 2018;). Known as tropical grass webworm—its larvae feed on various grasses of the Poaceae family and it is a pest of turf and pastures ( Wikipedia 2018).
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Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History |
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Pyraloidea |
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Spilomelinae |
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Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859)
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 |
Botys serotinalis
Joannis in Joannis & Ragonot 1889 |
Botys immundalis
Walker 1866 |
Entephria fumidalis
Walker 1866 |
Botys abstrusalis
Walker 1859 |
Botys pharaxalis
Walker 1859 |