Maliarpha separatella ( Ragonot, 1888 )

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, Zootaxa 4457 (1), pp. 39-69 : 61

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.1.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6485373
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scientific name	Maliarpha separatella ( Ragonot, 1888 )
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Synonymy follows Nuss et al. (2003 –2018):

= Anerastia pallidicosta Hampson, 1896 ;

= Enosima vectiferella Ragonot & Hampson, 1901 .

Material : 131 ex. Mali, Bamako, Ouronina 12°5'39.78"N 8°24'3.16"W, 13.09.– 17.11.2014, leg. Kravchenko et al. ( SMNH). GoogleMaps

Distribution: Palaeotropical. In Africa: Cameroon, Comoros, DR Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Nigeria, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda ( De Prins & De Prins 2018) and Mali (new record). Also in Oriental: China, India, Myanmar ( De Prins & De Prins 2018).

Host-plants: Larvae feed on various grasses, including Poaceae : Andropogon tectorum Schumach. & Thonn. , Oryza sp., Saccharum sp., Sorghum sp. Zea mays L. Known as African white stemborer—this species is a pest of many crops, especially—sugar cane ( Wikipedia 2018).