Patania balteata (Fabricius, 1798)

Phalaena balteata Fabricius, 1798: 457 . TL: East India.

Botys crocealis Duponchel, 1834: 365, pl. 235, fig. 6. TL: Montpellier.

Botys aurantiacalis Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1840: 213–214, pl. 75, fig. 3. TL: Fiume.

Botys mysolalis Walker, 1866: 1423 . TL: Mysol.

Botys aurea Butler, 1879: 76–77, pl. 59, fig. 12. TL: Yokohama.

Sylepta [sic] irregularis Rothschild, 1915: 136 . TL: Southern Dutch New Guinea, Snow Mountains, Base Camp.

Sylepta [sic] evergestialis Strand, 1918: 51–52 . TL: Kosempo.

Pleuroptya balteata africalis Leraut, 2005: 85, fig. 38. TL: Côte d'Ivoire, Bingueville.

Host plants. Anacardiacaeae ( Anacardium occidentale L., Cotinus coggygria Scop., Pistacia terebinthus L., Rhus chinensis Mill., R. verniciflua Stokes, Toxicodendron sylvestre (Siebold et Zucc.) Kuntze), Fabaceae ( Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi), Fagaceae ( Castanea mollissima Blume, C. crenata Siebold et Zucc., Quercus acuta Thunb., Q. acutissima Carruth., Q. aliena Blume, Q. dentata Thunb., Q. gilva Blume, Q. glauca Thunb., Q. grosseserrata Blume, Q. mongolica Fisch. ex Ledeb., Q. mongolica var. crispula (Blume) H.Ohashi, Q. myrsinaefolia Blume, Q. phillyraeoides A. Gray, Q. salicina Blume, Q. serrata Thunb. ex Murray, Q. variabilis Blume), Poaceae ( Panicum miliaceum L., Setaria italica (L.) P.Beauv.), Rosaceae ( Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.) (Bae & Paek, 2006; Bae et al., 2008; Slamka, 2013; Heo, 2012; Yamanaka & Sasaki, 2013).

Distribution. Korea, China, Taiwan, Japan, Europe, Turkey, Africa, Madagascar, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Hawaii (Inoue, 1982; Park, 1983a, 1983b; Bae, 2001; Bae & Paek, 2006; Bae et al., 2008; Byun et al., 2009; Li et al., 2009; Slamka, 2013; Yamanaka & Sasaki, 2013).

Remarks. This species was recorded in Korea before Nakayama & Okamoto (1940).