Herpetogramma bipunctalis ( Fabricius, 1794 )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 105

Herpetogramma bipunctalis ( Fabricius, 1794)

COMMON NAME (S): Two-spotted Herpetogramma , Southern Beet Webworm Moth, Southern beet webworm. SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Cameroon, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador (Galápagos (Galápagos Islands )), Ethiopia, Georgia, Hispaniola, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya, Niger, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Seychelles,

Togo, Uganda, Zambia.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Mumbwa, in Central Province; Lusaka and Kafue, in Lusaka Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): One host plant, an Amaranthaceae species namely Telanthera versicolor Regel is reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo, while another Amaranthaceae species ( Achyranthes aspera L.) is the host of the taxon in the Seychelles. No specific host plant for the taxon has been reported for Zambia

The following are larval foodplants of the taxon: Three Amaranthaceae species ( Telanthera versicolor

Regel, Amaranthus sp. and Beta sp. ), one Brassicaceae species ( Brassica sp. ), two Solanaceae species

( Capsicum sp. and Solanum sp. ), one Fabaceae species ( Glycine max (L.) Merr. [soybean or soyabean]),

one Malvaceae species ( Gossypium sp. ) and one Poaceae species ( Zea mays L. [Maize or corn]).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Ghesquière 1940a; Gerlach & Matyot 2006; Hampson 1910c.