Achyra coelatalis ( Walker, 1859d )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 94-95

Achyra coelatalis ( Walker, 1859d)

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

SYNONYM(S): Anerastia aurantiaca Rothschild, 1921b ; Loxostege fredi Amsel, 1961 ; Sceliodes nodiferalis Gaede, 1917c ; Scopula massalis Walker, 1859c .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Afghanistan, Australia, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, India, Iran, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia , Niger, Oman, Réunion, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Togo, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka, in Lusaka Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants are various grasses (in the grass Family, Poaceae ), including cereal grasses i.e. Sorghum sp. , Oryza sativa L. [Asian rice, but most commonly referred to in English as rice], Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke; [Pearl millet] and Zea mays L. [cereal grain crop or cereal grass commonly called maize].

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Kopij 2006.

Genus Anania H̡bner, 1823