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Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794)

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Higher taxa: Crambidae (family)/  Spilomelinae (subfamily)/  Margaroniini (tribe)/  Palpita (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Rossi, 1794)
Citation:P.[halaena] Vitrealis
Original genus:Phalaena
Publication:Rossi P. 1792–1794. Mantissa insectorum, exhibens species nuper in Etruria collectas, adjectis faunae Etruscae illustrationibus ac emendationibus.
Journal:
Volume:1
Issue:
Pagination:42
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33475063
Name(English):Olive leaf moth
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Distribution note:

Palaeotropical (D. Martiré & J. Rochat 2008: 257); Australasia: Australia; Oriental: India, South Asia; Palaearctic: Canary Islands, Egypt, Japan, Madeira, Malta, Poland, South Europe, Sweden, Syria, Turkey.

Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Cabo Verde Santo Antão Viette P. 1958b. Resultats de l'expédition zoologique du Professor Dr. Håkan Lindberg aux îles du Cap Vert durant l'hiver 1953–54. No 18. Lépidoptères Tinéides (s.l.) et Pyrales. page 9 (as unionalis)
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Central African Republic page ISEA
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Comoros Viette P. 1957d. Lépidoptères (excepté les Tordeuses et les Géométrides). – In: La Faune entomologique de l'Ile de la Réunion. I. page 180 (as unionalis)
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Comoros Mohéli (Mwali) Viette P. 1958h. Note sur de petites collections de Lépidoptères récoltés aux îles Comores et en Aldabra. page 62 (as unionalis)
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Comoros Mayotte (Maore) Viette P. 1958h. Note sur de petites collections de Lépidoptères récoltés aux îles Comores et en Aldabra. page 62 (as unionalis)
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the South Kivu Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). page 163 (as unionalis)
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the North Kivu Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). page 163 (as unionalis)
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). page 163 (as unionalis)
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Ethiopia Amsel H. G. 1963. Kleinschmetterlinge aus Äthiopien. page 4 (as unionalis)
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Gambia Druce H. 1887a. Lepidoptera Heterocera. – In: Moloney A. C., Sketch of the forestry of West Africa with particular reference to its present principal commercial products. page 505 (as transvisalis)
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Ghana page J. Jörpeland
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Kenya Sevastopulo D. G. 1972. Moth migration in East Aflica (the long rains, 1970). page 305 (as unionalis)
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Liberia page ISEA
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Madagascar Mabille P. 1880d. Comptes Rendus. Diagnoses Lepidopterorum Malgassicorum. page 25 (as septempunctalis)
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) 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. page 73
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Mauritius Boisduval J. B. A. 1833b. Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptères. Avec des notes sur les moeurs, par M. Sganzin. page 117 (as quinquepunctalis)
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Mozambique Joannis J. de 1927. Pyralidae d'Afrique australe, principalement du district de Lourenço-Marques. page 249
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Oman Seizmair M. 2022a. The presence of the genus Palpita Hübner, 1808 (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Spilomelinae) on the Arabian Peninsula – A review with description of a new species. page 68
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Réunion Boisduval J. B. A. 1833b. Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptères. Avec des notes sur les moeurs, par M. Sganzin. page 117 (as quinquepunctalis)
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Seychelles Aldabra Shaffer J. C. & Munroe E. G. 2007. Crambidae of Aldabra Atoll (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea). page 59
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Seychelles Mahé Joannis J. de 1894. Mission scientifique de Ch. Alluaud des îles Seychelles. page 436 (as unionalis)
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Seychelles La Digue De Prins W. & Mazzei P. 2016. Some faunistic notes on selected moth species (Lepidoptera) from the Seychelles. page 26
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Seychelles Silhouette Legrand H. 1966. Lépidoptères des îles Seychelles et d'Aldabra. page 105 (as unionalis)
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) South Africa Eastern Cape Möschler H. B. 1884. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-fauna des Kaffernlandes. page 308 (as unionalis)
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) South Africa Guenée A. M. 1854. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. VIII. Species général des Lépidoptères. Deltoïdes et Pyralites. page 304 (as transvisalis)
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Butler A. G. 1875b. On a collection of Lepidoptera from southern Africa, with descriptions of new genera and species. page 416 (as transvisalis)
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Tanzania page ISEA
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Uganda Hampson G. F. 1909c. Ruwenzori Expedition Reports. 11. Lepidoptera Heterocera. page 136 (as unionalis)
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Yemen Butler A. G. 1885d. On a collection of Lepidoptera made by Major J. W. Yerbury at or near Aden. page 501 (as transvisalis)
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Zambia Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. page 500 (as unionalis)
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Zimbabwe page R. Butler
Plant note:

Also on Rubiaceae and Apocynaceae (see R. Paulian & P. Viette 1956: 179). Description of larva and pupa in D. G. Sevastopulo (1955b: 165–166).

Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Fraxinus sp. Oleaceae Kumral N. A., Kovancil B. & Akbudak B. 2007. Life tables of the Olive leaf moth, Palpita unionalis (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae, on different host plants. page 105
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Funtumia elastica Apocynaceae Madagascar Paulian R. & Viette P. 1956. Essai d'un catalogue biologique des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Tananarive. page 179
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Jasminum auriculatum Oleaceae Shaffer J. C. & Munroe E. G. 2007. Crambidae of Aldabra Atoll (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea). page 60
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Jasminum dichotomum Oleaceae Madagascar Paulian R. & Viette P. 1956. Essai d'un catalogue biologique des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Tananarive. page 179
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Jasminum dichotomum Oleaceae Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). page 163
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Jasminum fluminense Oleaceae Seychelles Gerlach J. & Matyot P. 2006. Lepidoptera of the Seychelles islands. page 51
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Jasminum officinale Oleaceae Réunion Guillermet C. 2009a. Les Hétérocères, ou papillons de nuit, de l'île de La Réunion. Volume 3. Familles des Pyralidae et Crambidae. page 431
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Jasminum sambac Oleaceae Réunion Guillermet C. 2009a. Les Hétérocères, ou papillons de nuit, de l'île de La Réunion. Volume 3. Familles des Pyralidae et Crambidae. page 431
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Jasminum sambac Oleaceae Madagascar Paulian R. & Viette P. 1956. Essai d'un catalogue biologique des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Tananarive. page 179
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Jasminum sp. Oleaceae Uganda Sevastopulo D. G. 1955b. Palpita (Margarodes) unionalis Hübner in Uganda. page 166 (as unionalis)
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Ligustrum sp. Oleaceae Kumral N. A., Kovancil B. & Akbudak B. 2007. Life tables of the Olive leaf moth, Palpita unionalis (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae, on different host plants. page 105
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Olea europaea Oleaceae South Africa Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 72 (as unionalis)
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Olea lancea Oleaceae Réunion Bippus M. 2019c. Pyraloidea of Mauritius and neighbouring islands (Lepidoptera). page 41
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Phillyrea sp. Oleaceae Kumral N. A., Kovancil B. & Akbudak B. 2007. Life tables of the Olive leaf moth, Palpita unionalis (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae, on different host plants. page 105
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Palpita quinquepunctalis (Boisduval, 1833) (Boisduval, 1833) species Synonym Botys quinquepunctalis
Palpita septempunctalis (Mabille, 1880) (Mabille, 1880) species Synonym Margarodes septempunctalis
Palpita transvisalis (Guenée, 1854) (Guenée, 1854) species Synonym Margaronia transvisalis
Palpita unionalis (Hübner, 1796) (Hübner, 1796) species Synonym Pyralis unionalis