Eudocima materna ( Linnaeus, 1767 )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 317-319

Eudocima materna ( Linnaeus, 1767) * ( Fig. 35 )

COMMON NAME (S): Dot Underwing, Fruitpiercing moth SYNONYM(S): Noctua hybrida Fabricius, 1775 ; Ophideres chalcogramma Walker, 1865c . IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE). DISTRIBUTION: Australia, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Caribbean islands, Chile, Costa Rica, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador,

Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gambia, Ghana, India, Indonesia (Java), Kenya,

Madagascar, Malawi, Mexico, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia , New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Zealand, Nigeria, Oman, Pacific Islands, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Uganda, USA (Florida, Louisiana, Minnesota, Texas, Oklahoma), Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Mwinilunga, in Northwestern Province ; Ndola, in Copperbelt Province ; University of Zambia Campus ** in Lusaka and Kafue **, both localities in Lusaka Province ; Othreis materna ( Linnaeus, 1758) collected Barotseland area or Western Province .

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants of the taxon include three Menispermaceae species ( Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii Diels , Rhigiocarya racemifera Miers and Tiliacora sp. ) in Ghana ( Forsyth 1966) and one Rosaceae species

( Prunus persica (L.) Batsch or Peach) in South Africa ( Prinsloo & Uys 2015). Additionally, the African Moths (2019) webpage lists the following as larval foodplants of the taxon; two Menispermaceae species ( Cocculus sp. and Tinospora caffra ), one Solanaceae species ( Lycopersicon sp. ; one Rosaceae species ( Malus pumila Mill. ), one Anacardiaceae species ( Mangifera indica L.), one Musaceae species ( Musa paradisiaca subsp. sapientum (L.) Kuntze ex K.Schum.), and one Vitaceae species ( Vitis sp. ).

SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c.

Figures

FIGURES 35–37. Adult moths. 35a, Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)—Silver Striped Hawk or Vine Hawk (Sphingidae: Macroglossinae) collected using a black light trap in Lusaka, 30 December 2010, dorsal view; 35b, ditto, ventral view. 36a, Hippotion eson (Cramer, 1779)—Common Striped Hawk (Sphingidae: Macroglossinae) collected at a black light trap in Lusaka, 30 December 2010, dorsal view; 36b, ditto, ventral view. 37a, Nephele comma Hopffer, 1857—Comma Nephele, male (Sphingidae: Macroglossinae) collected by a black light trap in Lusaka, 4 January 2011, dorsal view; 37b, ditto, ventral view. Scale bar 2 cm. © Kind permission of the University of Zambia.