Terastia africana Sourakov, 2015

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FAMILY Crambidae
SUBFAMILY Spilomelinae
GENUS Terastia
SPECIES africana
AUTHORSourakov, 2015
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONTerastia africana Sourakov, new species
TYPE LOCALITYMalawi, Mulanje District, Mt Mulanje, Ruo Canyon, 20-23.ii.2009, 900 m, leg. R. Murphy.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES Latitude: -15°54'0" Longitude: 35°29'24"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, genitalia slide MGCL-166636♂, MGCL; Allotype ♀, genitalia slide MGCL-166637♀, MGCL
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Sourakov A., Plotkin D., Kawahara A. Y., Xiao L., Hallwachs W. & Janzen D. 2015. On the taxonomy of the erythrine moths Agathodes and Terastia (Crambidae: Spilomelinae): two different patterns of haplotype divergence and a new species of Terastia. - Tropical Lepidoptera 25(2):80-97.
PAGINATION 88, figs 10G-H, 12A, D, 13, 14A, 15C, H

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Cameroon   Plötz C. 1880a. Verzeichniss der vom Prof. Dr. R. Buchholz in West-Afrika gesammelten Schmetterlinge. - Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 41(1-3):76-88; (7-9): 298—307. 305 (as meticulosalis)
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). - Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Zoologie [3, Arthropodes] section 2, Catalogues raisonnés (3) 7:121-240. 171 (as meticulosalis)
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Equateur Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). - Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Zoologie [3, Arthropodes] section 2, Catalogues raisonnés (3) 7:121-240. 171 (as meticulosalis)
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Bas Congo Aurivillius C. 1906. Verzeichnis von Lepidopteren, gesammelt bei Mukimbungu am unteren Kongo von Herrn E. Laman. Zweite und dritte Sendung. - Arkiv för Zoologi 3(1):1-16, pl. 1. 16 (as meticulosalis)
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Orientale Sjöstedt Y. 1926. Zoological results of the Swedish Expedition to Central Africa 1921. Insecta. 23. Abschluss und Zusammenfassung. - Arkiv för Zoologi 18A(24):1-13. 10 (as meticulosalis)
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the North Kivu Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). - Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Zoologie [3, Arthropodes] section 2, Catalogues raisonnés (3) 7:121-240. 171 (as meticulosalis)
Gambia     R. Goff
Kenya   Sourakov A., Plotkin D., Kawahara A. Y., Xiao L., Hallwachs W. & Janzen D. 2015. On the taxonomy of the erythrine moths Agathodes and Terastia (Crambidae: Spilomelinae): two different patterns of haplotype divergence and a new species of Terastia. - Tropical Lepidoptera 25(2):80-97. 88
Liberia   Poltavsky A. N., Sáfián Sz., Simonics G., Kravchenko V. D. & Müller G. C. 2019. The Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) fauna in the Liberian Nimba Mountains, West Africa, at the end of the dry season. - Israel Journal of Entomology 49(1):11-40. 31
Malawi   Sourakov A., Plotkin D., Kawahara A. Y., Xiao L., Hallwachs W. & Janzen D. 2015. On the taxonomy of the erythrine moths Agathodes and Terastia (Crambidae: Spilomelinae): two different patterns of haplotype divergence and a new species of Terastia. - Tropical Lepidoptera 25(2):80-97. 88
Mali   Poltavsky A. N., Kravchenko V. D., Traore M. M., Traore S. F., Gergely P., Witt T. J., Sulak H., Beck R. H.-T., Junnila A., Revay E. E., Doumbia S., Beier J. C. & Müller G. C. 2018a. Biodiversity and seasonality of Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) in the woody savannah belt in Mali. - Israel Journal of Entomology 48:69-78. 73
Rwanda     RMCA
Seychelles Mahé Legrand H. 1966. Lépidoptères des îles Seychelles et d'Aldabra. - Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (A)37 (1965):1-210, pls 1-16. 108 (as meticulosalis)
South Africa Western Cape Dickson C. G. C. 1965a. Recently observed food-plants of some South African lepidopterous larvae - Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 58(1):11-20. 20 (as meticulosalis)
South Africa Eastern Cape Taylor J. S. 1942. Notes on some South African Lepidoptera. - Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 54(10):111-113. 112
Zimbabwe     R. Butler

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Fabaceae Erythrina abyssinica Congo, DR Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). - Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Zoologie [3, Arthropodes] section 2, Catalogues raisonnés (3) 7:121-240. 171 (as meticulosalis)
Fabaceae Erythrina variegata Congo, DR Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). - Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Zoologie [3, Arthropodes] section 2, Catalogues raisonnés (3) 7:121-240. 171 (as meticulosalis)
Fabaceae Erythrina mitis Congo, DR Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). - Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Zoologie [3, Arthropodes] section 2, Catalogues raisonnés (3) 7:121-240. 171 (as meticulosalis)
Fabaceae Erythrina caffra South Africa Taylor J. S. 1942. Notes on some South African Lepidoptera. - Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 54(10):111-113. 112 (as meticulosalis)
Fabaceae Erythrina sp. East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 36(314):45-50. 49 (as meticulosalis)
Rubiaceae Coffea sp. East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 36(314):45-50. 49 (as meticulosalis)

*   The larva is a borer in the young shoots (see J. S. Taylor 1942: 112, D. G. Sevastopulo 1977: 49).