Elophila africalis ( Hampson, 1906c )

Elophila africalis ( Hampson, 1906c)

COMMON NAME(S): Grass moth or Crambid Snout Moth.

SYNONYM(S): Cymoriza linealis Moore, 1888 ; Nymphula osculatrix Meyrick, 1933 View in CoL ; Isopteryx enixalis Swinhoe, 1885 View in CoL .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Kafue and Lusaka, in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include two aquatic plants, one from the family Salviniaceae (i.e. Azolla pinnata R. Br. , commonly called the water fern) and the other from the family Araceae (i.e. Pistia stratiotes L., commonly called, water cabbage or water lettuce,). Another larval foodplant but yet to be identified is from the grass family Poaceae , a Vossia sp.

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; Agassiz 2012; De Prins & De Prins 2022.