65. Synclera traducalis (Zeller, 1852)

(Fig. 20)

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

= Salbia achatinalis Guenée, 1862;

= Spilomela retinalis Lederer, 1857 .

Material: 10 ex. Mali, Bamako, Ouronina 12°5'39.78"N 8°24'3.16"W, 26.01.– 19.06.2014, leg. Kravchenko et al., 178 ex. same data except the date 25.07.– 19.11.2014 (SMNH) .

Distribution: Palaeotropical, penetrates to Palaearctic. In Africa: Cameroon, DR Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Zimbabwe (De Prins & De Prins 2018) and Mali (new record). Also in Oriental: India, Malaysia, New Guinea, Sri Lanka; Palaearctic: Canary Islands, Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria (De Prins & De Prins 2018).

Host-plants: Rhamnaceae: Gouania polygama (Jacq.) Urb., Ziziphus jujube Mill. (Goff 2018) . Known as variegated pearl—pest of jujube .