76. Hypsopygia mauritialis (Boisduval, 1833b)

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

= Hypsopygia laticilialis Ragonot, 1891;

= Hypsopygia pfeifferi Amsel, 1954;

= Pyralis ducalis Walker, 1866;

= Pyralis lucillalis Walker, 1859a .

Material: 168 ex. Mali, Bamako, Ouronina 12°5'39.78"N 8°24'3.16"W, 25.07.– 30.09.2014, leg. Kravchenko et al. (SMNH).

Distribution: Palaeotropical with penetration to Palaearctic. In Africa: DR Congo, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles, Sudan (De Prins & De Prins 2018) and Mali (new record). Also in Australasia: Australia, Hawaii; Oriental: Asia; Palaearctic: China, Iran (De Prins & De Prins 2018).

Host-plants: Larvae develop in wasp ( Hymenoptera: Vespinae) nests (Goff 2018)