Nodaria nodosalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)

Nodaria nodosalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851) View in CoL

COMMON NAME(S): Litter moth.

SYNONYM(S): Herminia aethiopalis Herrich-Schäffer, 1851 ; Nodaria hispanalis Guenée, 1854 ; Bocana aesopusalis Walker, 1859a ; Zeuxinia aeschrina Legrand, 1966 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Ealuated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, France, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Greece ( Crete), Israel, Italy, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malta, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Oman, Portugal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Kabwe and Mkushi, in Central Province ; Livingstone and Mazabuka, in Southern Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): According to Hacker (2016a) two yet to be identified plant species Ipomoea sp. (Convolvulaceae) and Lactuca sp. (Asteraceae) are host plants of the taxon. The African Moths (2019) webpage includes a yet to be identified Macadamia sp. (Proteaceae) to this list as larval foodplants of the taxon.

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

Genus Simplicia Guenée, 1854 View in CoL