Etiella zinckenella ( Treitschke, 1832 )

Etiella zinckenella ( Treitschke, 1832) View in CoL

COMMON NAME(S): Zincken’s Knothorn or the pulse pod borer moth.

SYNONYM(S): Tinea marginella Fabricius, 1781 ; Etiella etiella Treitschke, 1835 ; Chilo colonellus Costa, 1836 ; Chilo majorellus Costa, 1836 ; Mella dymnusalis Walker, 1859d ; Rhamphodes heraldella Guenée, 1862 ; Alata anticalis Walker, 1863b ; Arucha indicatalis Walker, 1863b ; Modiana scitivittalis Walker, 1863b ; Assara albicostalis Walker, 1863c ; Alata hastiferella Walker, 1866b; Pempelia spartiella Rondani, 1876 ; Crambus sabulinus Butler, 1879d ; Etiella sincerella Meyrick, 1879 ; Etiella madagascariensis Saalm ̧ller, 1880; Etiella schisticolor Zeller, 1881 ; Etiella villosella Hulst, 1887 ; Etiella rubribasella Hulst, 1890 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Livingstone, in Southern Province; Kopa, in Muchinga Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants of the taxon include two Fabaceae species Crotalaria capensis Jacq. and Abrus precatorius L. [commonly called, Jequirity bean or Rosary pea].

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; Catalogue of Life 2017; De Prins & De Prins 2022; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017-1.