48. Palpita metallata (Fabricius, 1781)

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

= Glyphodes ocellata Hampson, 1899;

= Glyphodes picticaudalis Hampson, 1908 .

Material: 1 ex. Mali, Bamako, Ouronina 12°5'39.78"N 8°24'3.16"W, 03.07.– 03.09.2014, leg. Kravchenko et al. (SMNH).

Distribution: Afrotropical: Angola, Cameroon, Comoros, DR Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda (De Prins & De Prins 2018) and Mali (new record).

Host-plants: Apocynaceae: Funtumia elastica (Preuss) Stapf, Funtumia sp. (Lamborn 1914; Goff 2018).