Cryptophlebia peltastica ( Meyrick, 1921 )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 41

Cryptophlebia peltastica ( Meyrick, 1921)

COMMON NAME (S): Tortrix moth or leafroller moth. SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Réunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sao Tome & Principe; Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South

Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: ‘Lusaka’, in Lusaka Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants for the taxon include; Ten Fabaceae species ( Acacia nilotica (L.) Delile, Bauhinia sp. , Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp., Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC., Cassia sp. , Ceratonia siliqua L., Delonix regia (Hook.) Raf. , Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) G.Don. and Tamarindus indica L.); one Meliaceae species

( Xenocarpus sp. ), one Rutaceae species ( Feronia sp. ), two Sapindaceae species ( Litchi chinensis Sonn.

and Nephelium sp. ) and one Proteaceae species ( Macadamia sp. )

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

Genus Dracontogena Diakonoff, 1970