New or poorly known Microlepidoptera from the Mascarenes (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae, Bedellidae, Batrachedridae, Carposinidae, Epermeniidae, Gelechiidae, Tineidae, Tortricidae)
Author
Bippus, Maik
text
Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology
2016
2016-12-20
66
2
347
370
https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1910
journal article
10.21248/contrib.entomol.66.2.347-370.1910
0005-805X
5373173
Lobesia vanillana
(De Joannis, 1900)
Wingspan: 11.5 mm; adult (plate 14: figs 70-71).
A common species at light,
4 specimens
I bred from larvae collected at the same site:
Réunion
,
La Possession
, alt.
200 m
,
20°55'33"S
/
55°21'3"E
.
Distribution
:
Kenya
,
La Réunion
,
Madagascar
,
Nigeria
,
Seychelles
,
Tanzania
.
Biology
: I could raise this species from larvae feeding on a mildew (
Erysiphaceae
) (plate 14: fig. 72) growing on the leaves of
Euphorbia heterophylla
(Euphorbiaceae)
,
15-iv-2015
(specimen put into the disposition of the BMNH in
June 2015
) as well as from the inflorence of
Tamarindus indica
L. (
Fabaceae
),
13-v-2015
and
Cocos nucifera
L. (
Arecaceae
), 17 &
22-vii-2016
.