Hydriris ornatalis (Duponchel, 1832)

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 106

Hydriris ornatalis (Duponchel, 1832)

COMMON NAME (S): Ornate pearl, Ornate Hydriris, Kumara skeletoniser, Ornate Hydriris Moth.

SYNONYM(S): Nymphula saturnalis Treitschke, 1835 ; Pyralis bifascialis Heeger, 1838 ; Pyralis deciusalis Walker, 1859d ; Botys invenustalis Walker, 1866a ; Cataclysta fraterna Butler, 1875a ; Stenia pulchellalis Mabille, 1880a ; Ercta orientalis Yamanaka, 1972 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Cook Islands, Croatia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Gambia, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Oman, Portugal, Réunion, Saint Helena , Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, USA (Florida), Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Choma, in Southern Province ; Ndola, in Copperbelt Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants include: three Convolvulaceae species namely, Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam., I. aquatica Forssk. and Ipomoea calophylla Fenzl ; one Fabaceae species called Acacia monticola J.M.Black ; one Rosaceae species called Malus pumila Mill. and; one Polygonaceae species called Emex spinosa (L.) Campd.

SOURCES: Catalogue of Life 2017; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Guillermet 2009; Pinhey 1975; Poltavsky et al. 2018a, b.

Genus Hymenia H̡bner, 1825