Les Lépidoptères associés à Boerhavia diffusa L. (Nyctaginaceae) en basse Côte d’Ivoire

Abstract

Lepidoptera associated with Boerhavia diffusa L. (Nyctaginaceae) in lower Ivory Coast. Two eggs, seventy two caterpillars and six pupae collected mainly in Abidjan on Boerhavia diffusa L., a ruderal Nyctaginaceae, and reared, allowed to show that this plant favors the subsistance of at least seven species of Lepidoptera in an extremely urbanized environment: Megalorhipida leucodactyla (Fabricius, 1794) (Pterophoridae), Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sphingidae), Disclisioprocta natalata (Walker, 1862) (Geometridae), Alpenus maculosa Boisduval, 1836 (Erebidae), Maliattha sp., Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833) and Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836 (Noctuidae). Disclisioprocta natalata is cited for the first time from Ivory Coast.