Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) COMMON NAME(S): Lily Borer, Crinum borer, Kew Arches, the Lilly Leaf Borer or the Amaryllis borer. SYNONYM(S): Noctua dominica Cramer, 1782; Brithys nipponica Matsumura, 1931. IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE). DISTRIBUTION: Algeria, Cameroon, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Réunion, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Also reported from Australia, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sri Lanka and Thailand. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Hillwood Farm, Ikelenge, in Northwestern Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include Amaryllis belladonna L., Boophone disticha Herb., Crinum sp., Crytanthus breviflorus, Gladiolus dalenii Van Geel, Eucharis moorei (Baker) Meerow, Albuca virens (Lindl.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, Zephyranthes carinata Herb. SOURCES: Bold Systems 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022.

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 419, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10130434