Parapoynx fluctuosalis ( Zeller, 1852 )

Parapoynx fluctuosalis ( Zeller, 1852) View in CoL

COMMON NAME(S): Fluctuating China Mark.

SYNONYM(S): Parapoynx linealis Guenée, 1854 ; Hydrocampa circealis Walker, 1859b ; Oligostigma chrysippusalis Walker, 1859b ;

Oligostigma obitalis Walker, 1859b View in CoL ; Oligostigma curta Butler, 1879a View in CoL ; Parapoynx oryzalis Wood-Mason, 1885 ;

Parapoynx rugosalis View in CoL M̂schler, 1890. IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE). DISTRIBUTION: Australia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador ( Galápagos

Islands), Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Great Britain, Guinea, Hawaii, India, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar,

Malaysia, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia , Puerto Rico, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South

Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Taiwan, Tunisia, Zambia, Zimbabwe. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Kafue and Lusaka, in Lusaka Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include two aquatic plants; Hydrilla verticillata (L.f.) Royle ( Hydrocharitaceae )

and Nymphaea sp. (Nymphaeaceae) and the crop plant commonly called Asian rice, Oryza sativa L.

( Poaceae View in CoL ). SOURCES: African Moths 2019; Agassiz 2012; Catalogue of Life 2017; De Prins & De Prins 2022.