Lobesia vanillana (De Joannis, 1900) Wingspan: 11.5 mm; adult (plate 14: figs 70-71). A common species at light, 4 specimens I bred from larvae collected at the same site: Réunion, La Possession, alt. 200 m, 20°55'33"S / 55°21'3"E. Distribution: Kenya, La Réunion, Madagascar, Nigeria, Seychelles, Tanzania. Biology: I could raise this species from larvae feeding on a mildew (Erysiphaceae) (plate 14: fig. 72) growing on the leaves of Euphorbia heterophylla (Euphorbiaceae), 15-iv-2015 (specimen put into the disposition of the BMNH in June 2015) as well as from the inflorence of Tamarindus indica L. (Fabaceae), 13-v-2015 and Cocos nucifera L. (Arecaceae), 17 & 22-vii-2016.

Published as part of Bippus, Maik, 2016, New or poorly known Microlepidoptera from the Mascarenes (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae, Bedellidae, Batrachedridae, Carposinidae, Epermeniidae, Gelechiidae, Tineidae, Tortricidae), pp. 347-370 in Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 66 (2) on page 368, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.66.2.347-370.1910, http://zenodo.org/record/5373173