Haritalodes derogata ( Fabricius, 1775 )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 104-105

Haritalodes derogata ( Fabricius, 1775)

COMMON NAME (S): Cotton Leaf Roller, Cotton Pearl. SYNONYM(S): Botys multilinealis Guenée, 1854 ; Botys otysalis Walker, 1859c ; Zebronia salomealis Walker, 1859b ; Notarcha obliqualis Lucas, 1898 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Andaman Islands, Australia (Queensland), Bali, China, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Myanmar, Nigeria,

Papua New Guinea, Réunion, Russia, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa,

South Korea, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka and Kafue, in Lusaka Province; Kabwe, in Central Province; Solwezi, in Northwestern Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants includes: six Malvaceae species ( Hibiscus sp. , Pavonia sp. , Gossypium sp. , Hibiscus rosa-sinensis , Sida sp. and Hibiscus columnaris ), one Fabaceae species ( Glycine max (L.) Merr.) and two

Rhamnaceae species ( Ziziphus mauritiana Lam. and Z. jujuba Mill. ) in the Réunion; one Anacardiaceae

( Anacardium occidentale L.) in Ghana; three Malvaceae species ( Hibiscus esculentus L., H. tilliaceus

L., and Urena lobata L. ) in the Seychelles; one Malvaceae species ( Gossypium sp. ) in the Democratic

Republic of Congo; one Malvaceae species ( Gossypium sp. ) in South Africa; one Malvaceae species

( Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench) in Nigeria and three Malvaceae species ( Ochroma pyramidale

(Cav. ex Lam.) Urb., Thespesia danis Oliv. and Alcea rosea L.) in an unnamed African country or countries.

The African Moths (2019) webpage lists nine Malvaceae species ( Urena lobata L. , Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench, Pavonia sp. , Gossypium sp. , Sida sp. , Hibiscus columnaris Cav. , Alcea rosea L.,

Ochroma lagopus Sw. and Thespesia danis Oliv. ), one Anacardiaceae species ( Anacardium occidentale

L. [The cashew tree]), one Fabaceae species ( Glycine max (L.) Merr. [soybean or soyabean]) and two

Rhamnaceae species ( Zizyphus mauritiana and Ziziphus jujuba Mill. ) as larval foodplants of the taxon

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Dwomoh et al. 2008; Ghesquière 1942; Gerlach & Matyot 2006; Guillermet 2009; Hampson 1910c; Lamborn 1914; Legrand 1966; Martiré & Rochat 2008; Ogbalu et al. 2015; Poltavsky et al.

2018b; Prinsloo & Uys, 2015; Rousse & Villemant 2012.

Genus Herpetogramma Lederer, 1863