Parapoynx diminutalis Snellen, 1880b

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 88

Parapoynx diminutalis Snellen, 1880b

COMMON NAME (S): Hydrilla Leafcutter Moth, Small Leafcutter Moth or Asian hydrilla leafcutter.

SYNONYM(S): Nymphula uxorialis Strand, 1919b ; Oligostigma pallida Butler, 1886 ; Parapoynx dicentra Meyrick, 1885a .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Australia (Queensland), Botswana, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Great Britain, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Réunion, Singapore, South Africa, Sudan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, USA (Florida, South Carolina), Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Kabwe and Kapiri Mposhi, in Central Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval food plants include two aquatic plants, one from the family Hydrocharitaceae ( Hydrilla verticillate (L.f.) Royle) and the other but yet to be identified species from the Nymphaeaceae family ( Nymphaea sp. ).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; Agassiz 2012; Catalogue of Life 2017; De Prins & De Prins 2022.