234. Crocidosema plebejana (Zeller, 1847)

Crocidosema plebejana Zeller, 1847; Isis von Oken (Leipzig) 1847 (10): 721.

TL: USA, New York, Syracuse .

Distribution: India (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Uttarakhand); cosmopolitan: Asia Minor; Australia; Cyprus; Denmark; Egypt; France; Galapagos; Germany; Iran; Italy (Sicily); Japan; Northern Africa; North America (USA); South America (Peru, Ecuador); Spain; Taiwan; and Thailand (Heinrich 1923; Clarke 1976; Zhang & Li 2005).

Hosts: Larvae have been reported to feed on Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae), Abelmoschus esculentus, Abutilon bidentatum, Alcea rosea, Malva parviflora, Malvastrum spicatum (all Malvaceae), Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae), and Crataegus (Rosaceae) (Heinrich 1923; MacKay 1959; Clarke 1976; Bishop & Blood 1978; Bradley et al. 1979; Common 1990; McQuillan 1992; Hamilton & Zalucki 1993; Mensah et al. 2012).

Illustrations: Adult and genitalia (Clarke 1958: 319, 1976: 47; Rose & Pooni 2005: 1756; Ganai & Khan 2017: 689).