The Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) fauna of the woody savannah belt in Mali, West Africa Author Poltavsky, Alexander N. Author Kravchenko, Vasiliy D. Author Traore, Mohammed M. Author Traore, Sekou F. Author Gergely, Petrányi Author Witt, Thomas J. Author Sulak, Harry Author Beck, T. Author Junnila, Amy Author Revay, Edita E. Author Doumbia, Seydou Author Beier, John C. Author Muller, Gunter C. text Zootaxa 2018 2018-08-07 4457 1 39 69 journal article 29079 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.1.2 01eab137-57cf-4d19-87d9-0427cd4e0862 1175-5326 PMC6498428 30314179 1457559 2A372679-102F-4E3E-8830-8DD3A799ED80 71. Maliarpha separatella ( Ragonot, 1888 ) Synonymy follows Nuss et al. ( 2003 –2018): = Anerastia pallidicosta Hampson, 1896 ; = Enosima vectiferella Ragonot & Hampson, 1901 . Material : 131 ex. Mali , Bamako , Ouronina 12°5'39.78"N 8°24'3.16"W , 13.09.– 17.11.2014 , leg. Kravchenko et al . ( SMNH ). Distribution: Palaeotropical. In Africa: Cameroon , Comoros , DR Congo , Ghana , Kenya , Madagascar , Malawi , Mauritius , Nigeria , Réunion , Senegal , Sierra Leone , South Africa , Sudan , Swaziland , Uganda ( De Prins & De Prins 2018 ) and Mali (new record) . Also in Oriental : China , India , Myanmar ( De Prins & De Prins 2018 ). Host-plants: Larvae feed on various grasses, including Poaceae : Andropogon tectorum Schumach. & Thonn. , Oryza sp., Saccharum sp., Sorghum sp. Zea mays L. Known as African white stemborer—this species is a pest of many crops, especially—sugar cane ( Wikipedia 2018 ).