Plusiodonta commoda Walker, 1865c COMMON NAME(S): Fruit-piercing Moth or Erebid moth. SYNONYM(S): None. IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE). DISTRIBUTION: Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sao Tome & Principe, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka, in Lusaka Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): In Zimbabwe, the Convolvulaceae species, Distimake quinquefolius (L.) A.R.Simıes & Staples is one of the host plants of the taxon (Pinhey, 1960). Additionally, Cissampelos sp. (Menispermaceae), Distimake quinquefolius (L.) A.R.Simıes & Staples (Convolvulaceae) and Ocimum gratissimum L. (Lamiaceae) and reported as larval foodplants for the taxon in unnamed African country or countries (African Moths 2019). SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c.

Published as part of Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), pp. 1-503 in Zootaxa 5354 (1) on page 324, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10130434