Enicospilus transvaalensis Cameron , 1911

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Enicospilus transvaalensis Cameron, 1911

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Enicospilus ambositrensis Delobel, 1974: 98 ; Henicospilus natalensis Cameron, 1906a: 81 ; Henicospilus renovatus Morley, 1912b: 38

Diagnosis. cf. E. betanimenus .

Description. Gauld & Mitchell (1978).

Host records. Mythimna sp. (new host record) and Sesamia calamistis ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ).

Comments. Mythimna loreyi is not reported in Reunion ( Martiré & Rochat 2008). Cirad’s host record (below) might be a misidentification with another, local, Mythimna species.

Distribution records. Reunion (new record).Widely distributed throughout subsaharan Africa, including Madagascar and Mauritius ( Gauld & Mitchell 1978).

Material examined. 4Ƥ Verbatim label data: La Réunion, ex M. loreyi , 09/1997, leg. Cirad;13 St Paul / Tan Rouge, alt. 800m, VI.2011, leg. Cirad; 1Ƥ same locality, II.2011, leg. Cirad; 333 same locality, I.2011, leg. Cirad; 1Ƥ St Philippe / Basse Vallée, alt. 490m, XI.2010, leg. P. Rousse (light trap); 13 Le Tampon / Trois Mares, alt. 510m, IX.2009, leg. P. Rousse (light trap); 1Ƥ St Benoit / Grand Etang, alt. 510m, XI.2010, leg. T. Ramage (light trap); 5Ƥ Trois Bassins, alt. 750m, XII.2009, leg. IDR (light trap); 1Ƥ Reunion, St Denis / Grande Chaloupe, V.2009, leg. IDR (light trap); 13 Petite Ile, II.2006, leg. IDR (light trap); 2Ƥ ( MHNSD 2783–2784) Ste Suzanne / Quartier français, alt. 700m, X.2001, leg. Parnaudeau.

Figures

FIGURE 15. Fore wing details of Enicospilus spp. a: E. angustatus. b: E. betanimenus. c: E. dolosus. d: E. dubius. e: E. grandiflavus. f: E. helvolus. g: E. hova. h: E. mauritii. i: E. rufus. j: E. ruscus. k: E. sesamiae. l: E. transvaalensis.