Diaphania indica ( Saunders, 1851 )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 102

Diaphania indica ( Saunders, 1851)

COMMON NAME (S): Cotton Caterpillar, Cucumber Moth, Exotic Pumpkin Caterpiilar Moth, Exotic Pumpkin Caterpillar Moth, Melon moth, Pumpkin caterpillar, Melonworm, Exotic pumpkin caterpillar or Melon-worm Moth.

SYNONYM(S): Geometra hyalinata Linnaeus, 1767 ; Eudioptis capensis Zeller, 1852 ; Phakellura gazorialis Guenée, 1854 ; Phakellura zygaenalis Guenée, 1854 ; Phakellura curcurbitalis Guenée, 1863 ; Glyphodes intermedialis Dognin, 1904 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Australia (Queensland), Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Cook Islands, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador (Galápagos Islands), French Polynesia, Gambia, Great Britain, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malawi, Mauritius, Mexico, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Portugal, Réunion, Russia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, USA (South Carolina), Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Chingola, in Copperbelt Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Unknown.

SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; EPPO 2020; Kopij 2014.

Genus Diasemia H̡bner, 1825