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. 2018 Aug 7;4457(1):39-69.
doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.1.2.

The Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) fauna of the woody savannah belt in Mali, West Africa

Alexander N Poltavsky  1 , Vasiliy D Kravchenko, Mohammed M Traore, Sekou F Traore, PetrÁnyi Gergely, Thomas J Witt, Harry Sulak, Robert H-T Beck, Amy Junnila, Edita E Revay, Seydou Doumbia, John C Beier, Gunter C Muller
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The Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) fauna of the woody savannah belt in Mali, West Africa

Alexander N Poltavsky et al. Zootaxa. .

Abstract

Seventy-nine taxa of Pyraloidea were collected in 2014 with light traps in the woody savannah zone south of Bamako, Mali. Three taxa out of 79 were identified to genus level only. 78 of the 79 species are new records for Mali, 17 are new for West Africa. Most species (54) belong to the subfamily Spilomelinae (family Crambidae). The majority of observed species have wide distribution areas. The only regional endemic is Hypsopygia bamakoensis (Leraut, 2006). Concerning the biogeographical categories most of the species (34) are Afrotropical, seven species cosmopolitan, and the remaining species occur in the Palaearctics with a preference to the Palaeotropics. The most common species, Patania balteata (Fabricius, 1798) comprised 40.0% of all specimens collected. It is known to be a pest of the mango tree, which is common in the light-trapping area.

Keywords: Afrotropics, biogeography, Crambidae, distribution, faunistics, host plants, pest species, Pyralidae, Lepidoptera.

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Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Map of Mali. Ouronina village is marked.
FIGURES 2–7
FIGURES 2–7
Habitats sampled during the study. 2. Scattered bushes on slopes of Sibi Hills. 3. Savannah with forest patches. 4. Colonna light trap near riverine forest. 5. Artificial pool near Voronina with ruderal plants on adjacent land. 6. Bushes on sand dunes near Niger River. 7. Riverine forest in the flooded area of Niger River.
FIGURES 8–22
FIGURES 8–22
Some images of Pyraloidea species from Mali. 8. Parapoynx fluctuosalis. 9. Cryptosana caritalis. 10. Pyrausta phoenicealis. 11. Diaphania indica. 12. Glyphodes bicolor. 13. Glyphodes onychinalis. 14. Glyphodes stolalis. 15. Haritalodes derogata. 16. Syllepte rogationis. 17. Nevrina sp. 18. Nevrina procopia (Stoll in Cramer & Stoll, 1781) from Liberia. 19. Orphanostigma abruptalis. 20. Synclera traducalis. 21. Ghesquierellana hirtusalis. 22. Ulopeza conigeralis.
FIGURE 23
FIGURE 23
Occurrence in percentages of the 17 most common species with number of specimens collected. White bars = known pest species.
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