Plusiodonta commoda Walker, 1865c

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 324

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scientific name	Plusiodonta commoda Walker, 1865c
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COMMON NAME (S): Fruit-piercing Moth or Erebid moth. SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia , Nigeria, Sao Tome & Principe, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka, in Lusaka Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): In Zimbabwe, the Convolvulaceae species, Distimake quinquefolius (L.) A.R.Simıes & Staples is one of the host plants of the taxon ( Pinhey, 1960). Additionally, Cissampelos sp. (Menispermaceae) , Distimake quinquefolius (L.) A.R.Simıes & Staples ( Convolvulaceae ) and Ocimum gratissimum L. ( Lamiaceae )

and reported as larval foodplants for the taxon in unnamed African country or countries ( African Moths

2019).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c.