Crocidolomia pavonana ( Fabricius, 1794 )

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

Crocidolomia pavonana ( Fabricius, 1794)

COMMON NAME (S): Cabbage Cluster Caterpillar, Cabbage Moth or Croci, Nasturtium Moth.

SYNONYM(S): Crocidolomia binotalis Zeller, 1852 ; Pionea comalis Guenée, 1854 ; Pionea incomalis Guenée, 1854 ; Nola triangularis Shiraki, 1910 ; Pseudopisara quadripunctata Shiraki, 1913 ;. Tchahbaharia dentalis Amsel, 1951 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Australia (Queensland), Burundi, Comoros, Cook Islands, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Japan, Java, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Réunion, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone; Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka and Chongwe, in Lusaka Province ; Petauke, in Eastern Province ; Mbala, in Northern Province .

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include three cabbage group or Brassicaceae species ( Brassica oleracea L., B. rapa L., and Raphanus sp. , one Malvaceae species ( Gossypium sp. ), one Fabaceae species ( Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. [Pigeon pea]), one Cleomaceae species ( Gynandropsis sp. ) and one Tropaeolaceae species ( Tropaeolum sp. ).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c.

Genus Diaphania H̡bner, 1818