Enicospilus betanimenus (Saussure, 1892)

(Fig. 15 b)

Henicospilus madagascarienscis Szépligeti, 1906: 136; Henicospilus trinotatus Szépligeti, 1908a: 46; Ophion betanimenus Saussure, 1892: pl. 15

Diagnosis. betanimenus and transvaalensis species groups comprise, along with E. hova, three closely related species in the Mascarene Archipelago. The structure of the alar sclerites is rather constant for each species.

Description. Gauld & Mitchell (1978).

Host records. Achaea faber, Dysgonia pudica, Dysgonia triplocyma, Heliophisma klugii and Tatorinia rufipennis ( Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).

Distribution records. Reunion. Widely distributed throughout subsaharan Africa and Madagascar.

Material examined. 13 St Louis, XI.2009, leg. IDR (light trap); 1Ƥ same locality, II.2009, leg. IDR (light trap); 1Ƥ La Possession / Grande Chaloupe, II.2009, leg. IDR (light trap); 1Ƥ Bras Panon / Bras des Lianes, XII.2008, leg. IDR (light trap); 1Ƥ same locality, I.2008, leg. IDR (light trap); 1Ƥ St Louis / Les Makes, alt. 1190m, X.2007, leg. IDR (light trap); 1Ƥ same locality, IV.2006, leg. IDR (light trap).