Anadiasa punctifascia ( Walker, 1855d )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 120

Anadiasa punctifascia ( Walker, 1855d)

COMMON NAME (S): Chestnut Eggarlet.

SYNONYM(S): Nyssia sobria Walker, 1865b .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE)

DISTRIBUTION: Djibouti, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia , South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: ‘Lusaka’, in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Acacia mollissima Willd. , A. caffra (Thunb.) Willd. and Vachellia karroo (Hayne) Banfi & Galasso from the plant family Fabaceae are host plants of the taxon in South Africa. The Fabaceae species namely, Acacia mollissima , is the host plant of the taxon in Tanzania, while a Peltophorum sp. (Fabaceae) is a host plant of the taxon in an unnamed place elsewhere in Africa . No host plant has yet been reported for the taxon in Zambia. The African Moths (2019) webpage, on the other hand, list the following as larval foodplants of the taxon: Four Fabaceae species, A. caffra (Thunb.) Willd. , A. karroo Hayne , Acacia mearnsii De Wild. and Peltophorum africanum Sond. and one Proteaceae species namely, Grevillea robusta A.Cunn. ex R.Br.

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Pinhey 1975.

Genus Beralade Walker, 1855b