Crocidosema lantana BUSCK, 1910

Bippus, Maik, 2016, New or poorly known Microlepidoptera from the Mascarenes (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae, Bedellidae, Batrachedridae, Carposinidae, Epermeniidae, Gelechiidae, Tineidae, Tortricidae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 66 (2), pp. 347-370 : 368

Crocidosema lantana BUSCK, 1910

Wingspan: 12–13 mm; adult (plate 13: fig. 65; plate 14: fig. 73); female genitalia (plate 13: fig. 67).

Two females raised on the flowers of Lantana camara L. ( Verbenaceae ) 01-xi and 22-xi-2015 collected in La Réunion, La Possession, alt. 550 m, three specimens at light: 10-v-2015, 02-v-2016, 13-v-2016 .

Also present in Mauritius (one specimen collected in Blackriver, 10-vi-2016, alt. 20 m) .

Distribution: North America & Mexico, Australia (introduced, COMMON, 1957), Kenya, Mauritius, Réunion, South Africa, Sri Lanka ( DIAKONOff, 1982). New records for La Réunion and Mauritius.