37. Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794)

Synonymy follows Nuss et al. (2003 –2018):

= Botys albidalis (Walker, 1866);

= Botys incoloralis (Guenée, 1854);

= Botys melonalis (Walker, 1859b);

= Botys perpendiculalis (Duponсhel, 1833);

= Botys ruficostalis (Lederer, 1855);

= Margaronia putrescens (Meyriсk, 1934);

= Pyrausta phyllidalis Sсhaus, 1940;

= Spilodes nitetisalis (Walker, 1859b).

Material: 2 ex. Mali, Bamako, Ouronina 12°5'39.78"N 8°24'3.16"W, 04– 25.05.2014, leg. Kravchenko 1 ex. same data except the date 0 3.07.2014 and 1 ex . same data except the date 13.10.2014 (SMNH) .

Distribution: Palaeotropical. In Africa: Botswana, Comoros, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Réunion, Saint Helena, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Yemen, Zambia (De Prins & De Prins 2018) and Mali (new record). Also in Australasian: Australia; Neotropical: Cuba; Oriental: India, Malaysia, Myanmar; Palaearctic: N. Africa, S. Europe, Syria (De Prins & De Prins 2018).

Host-plants: Malvaceae: Hibiscus sp.; Apocynaceae: Gomphocarpus sp.; Asclepias curassavica L.; Stapelia sp., Pergularia daemia (Forssk.) Chiov. (Nuss et al. 2003 –2018; De Prins & De Prins 2018).