Achyra coelatalis

9. Achyra coelatalis (Walker, 1859) Synonymy follows Nuss et al. (2003 –2018): = Sceliodes nodiferalis Gaede, 1917. Material: 2 ex. Mali, Bamako, Ouronina 12°5'39.78"N 8°24'3.16"W, 0 2.10.2014, leg. Kravchenko et al. (SMNH). Distribution: Palaeotropical. In Africa: Botswana, Cape Verde, DR Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Oman, Rwanda, Réunion, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe (De Prins & De Prins, 2018) and Mali (new record). Also in Australasia: Australia; Oriental: India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan; Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Iran (De Prins & De Prins 2018). Host-plants: Poaceae: Oryza sativa L., Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R.Br., Sorghum species Zea mays L. (Wikipedia 2018).Published as part of Poltavsky, Alexander N., Kravchenko, Vasiliy D., Traore, Mohammed M., Traore, Sekou F., Gergely, Petrányi, Witt, Thomas J., Sulak, Harry, Beck, T., Junnila, Amy, Revay, Edita E., Doumbia, Seydou, Beier, John C. & Muller, Gunter C., 2018, The Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) fauna of the woody savannah belt in Mali, West Africa, pp. 39-69 in Zootaxa 4457 (1) on pages 43-44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/145755