14. Pyrausta phoenicealis (Hübner, 1818)

(Fig. 10)

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

Botys coecilialis Walker, 1859b;

Botys phaenicealis Snellen, 1883;

Botys phaenicialis Snellen, 1875;

Myriostephes heliamma Meyriсk, 1885b;

Rhodaria flegialis Walker, 1859b;

Rhodaria nerialis Boisduval, 1833b;

Rhodaria noraxalis Walker, 1859 с;

Rhodaria ocellusalis Walker, 1859 с;

Rhodaria panopealis Walker, 1859a;

Rhodaria catenalis Walker, 1866;

Rhodaria concatenalis Walker, 1866;

Rhodaria juncturalis Walker, 1866;

Rhodaria probalis Walker, 1859 с.

Material: 47 ex. Mali, Bamako, Ouronina 12°5'39.78"N 8°24'3.16"W, 23.01.– 24.03.2014, leg. Kravchenko et al., 2 ex. same data except the date 10– 23.09.2014 (SMNH) .

Distribution: Cosmopolitan. In Africa: Comoros, DR Congo, Gambia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Namibia, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates (De Prins & De Prins 2018) and Mali (new record). Also in Australasia: Australia; Nearctic: U.S. A.; Neotropical: Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic; Oriental: India, Taiwan; Palaearctic: China, Europe, Japan, Turkey (De Prins & De Prins 2018).

Host-plants: Lamiaceae: Coleus sp., Dicerandra frutescens Shinners, Hyptis pectinate (L.) Poit., H. brevipes Poit., H. capitata Jacq., Rosmarinus officinalis L. Known as perilla leaf moth—a pest of shiso ( Perilla), fruit mint ( Dicerandra frutescens) and knobweed ( Hyptis capitata) (Heppner 2003; Choi et al. 2008).