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Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798)

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Higher taxa: Crambidae (family)/  Spilomelinae (subfamily)/  Agroterini (tribe)/  Pleuroptya (genus)/  Pleuroptya (subgenus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Fabricius, 1798)
Citation:P.[halaena] balteata
Original genus:Phalaena
Publication:Fabricius J. C. 1798. Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae.
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Pagination:457
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42138953
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Pleuroptya balteata (1)
Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Pleuroptya by Y. Matsui et al. (2026: 528).

Matsui Y., Yagi S. & Pham T.-H. 2026. Revalidation of the genus Pleuroptya Meyrick, removed from synonymy with Patania Moore (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae).
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Holotype unknown ZMUC Holotype, ZMUC. India India, "Habitat in India orientali".
Distribution note:

Oriental: India, Papua New Guinea, Taiwan; Palaearctic: China, Japan, South Europe.

Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Benin Leraut P. 2005. Contribution à l'étude des genres Pyralis Linnaeus, Pleuroptya Meyrick et Haritalodes Warren (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea). page 85
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Cameroon Strand E. 1913a. Zwei neue afrikanische Cossus-Arten. page 75
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Comoros Grande Comore (Ngazidja) Leraut P. 2005. Contribution à l'étude des genres Pyralis Linnaeus, Pleuroptya Meyrick et Haritalodes Warren (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea). page 85
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Congo Leraut P. 2005. Contribution à l'étude des genres Pyralis Linnaeus, Pleuroptya Meyrick et Haritalodes Warren (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea). page 85
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Equateur Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). page 145
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). page 145
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Kinshasa Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). page 145
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Gambia page R. Goff
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Ghana page NHMO
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Madagascar Leraut P. 2005. Contribution à l'étude des genres Pyralis Linnaeus, Pleuroptya Meyrick et Haritalodes Warren (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea). page 85
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) 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
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Mozambique page NHMUK
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Niger Rothschild W. 1921b. On the Lepidoptera collected by Capt. A. Buchanan in Northern Nigeria and the Southern Sahara in 1919–1920. Geometridae. page 227
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Nigeria Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). page 145
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Réunion Martiré D. & Rochat J. 2008. Les papillons de La Réunion et leurs chenilles. page 259
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Senegal Leraut P. 2005. Contribution à l'étude des genres Pyralis Linnaeus, Pleuroptya Meyrick et Haritalodes Warren (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea). page 85
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Sierra Leone Schaus W. & Clements W. G. 1893. On a collection of Sierra Leone Lepidoptera. page 44
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) South Africa Gauteng Hampson G. F. 1898c. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. page 163
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Butler A. G. 1875b. On a collection of Lepidoptera from southern Africa, with descriptions of new genera and species. page 414 (as aurea)
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) South Africa Limpopo Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 134 (map)
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) South Africa North-West Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 134
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Sudan Sjöstedt Y. 1926. Zoological results of the Swedish Expedition to Central Africa 1921. Insecta. 23. Abschluss und Zusammenfassung. page 10
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Zambia Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. page 498
Plant note:

The record of Rhus coggygria (Réunion, as Rhus cotinus – C. Guillermet 2009a: 442) is a misidentification (see M. Bippus 2019c: 43).

Bippus M. 2019c. Pyraloidea of Mauritius and neighbouring islands (Lepidoptera).
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Anacardium occidentale Anacardiaceae Madagascar Leraut P. 2005. Contribution à l'étude des genres Pyralis Linnaeus, Pleuroptya Meyrick et Haritalodes Warren (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea). page 85
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Anacardium occidentale Anacardiaceae Réunion Guillermet C. 2009a. Les Hétérocères, ou papillons de nuit, de l'île de La Réunion. Volume 3. Familles des Pyralidae et Crambidae. page 442
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Anacardium occidentale Anacardiaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 49
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Boehmeria stipularis Urticaceae Réunion Martiré D. & Rochat J. 2008. Les papillons de La Réunion et leurs chenilles. page 259
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Canarium schweinfurthii Burseraceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 48
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Castanea sp. Fagaceae 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. 2018b. The Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) fauna of the woody savannah belt in Mali, West Africa. page 56
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Corymbia torreliana Myrtaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 48
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Cotinus coggygria Anacardiaceae 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. 2018b. The Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) fauna of the woody savannah belt in Mali, West Africa. page 56
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Eucalyptus sp. Myrtaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1983. Species of Eucalyptus as food plants for Lepidoptera in East Africa. page 91
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Geranium sp. Geraniaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 48
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Pistacia terebinthus Anacardiaceae Réunion Guillermet C. 2008. Contribution à l'étude des Hétérocères de La Réunion : révision des genres Herpetogramma Lederer, 1863 et Syllepte Hübner, 1823, et description de six nouvelles taxons de Spilomelinae (Crambidae Crambidae). page 442
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Pseudospondias microcarpa Anacardiaceae Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). page 145
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Quercus serrata Fagaceae 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. 2018b. The Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) fauna of the woody savannah belt in Mali, West Africa. page 56
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Searsia longipes Anacardiaceae Réunion Bippus M. 2019c. Pyraloidea of Mauritius and neighbouring islands (Lepidoptera). page 43
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Searsia pyroides Anacardiaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 48 (as Rhus vulgaris)
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Toxicodendron vernicifluum Anacardiaceae Leraut P. 2005. Contribution à l'étude des genres Pyralis Linnaeus, Pleuroptya Meyrick et Haritalodes Warren (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea). page 84
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Diolcogaster curticornus Braconidae Réunion Bippus M. 2019c. Pyraloidea of Mauritius and neighbouring islands (Lepidoptera). page 43
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Pleuroptya africalis Leraut, 2005 Leraut, 2005 species Synonym Pleuroptya africalis
Pleuroptya aurantiacalis (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1840) (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1840) species Synonym Botys aurantiacalis
Pleuroptya aurea (Butler, 1879) (Butler, 1879) species Synonym Botys aurea
Pleuroptya crocealis (Duponchel, 1834) (Duponchel, 1834) species Synonym Botys crocealis
Pleuroptya evergestialis (Strand, 1918) (Strand, 1918) species Synonym Syllepte evergestialis
Pleuroptya irregularis (Rothschild, 1915) (Rothschild, 1915) species Synonym Syllepte irregularis
Pleuroptya mysolalis (Walker, 1866) (Walker, 1866) species Synonym Botys mysolalis