Sophonia orientalis (Matsumura, 1912)

Nirvana orientalis Matsumura, 1912: 282

Sophonia orientalis; Li and Chen, 1999: 51; Aguin-Pombo et al., 2006: 21-22

Distribution. Oriental species recently introduced to Madeira archipelago and Canary Islands where is becoming an invasive species (Aguin-Pombo et al., 2006; Webb and Viraktamath. 2004). MADEIRA: reported from many localities of southern part (Aguin-Pombo et al., 2006). Food plants. A polyphagous species feeding on many plant species of Anacardiaceae, Passifloraceae, Asteraceae, Euphorbiaceae, Lauraceae, Myrtaceae, Malvaceae, Convolvulaceae, Geraniaceae, Zingiberaceae, Polygonaceae, Solanaceae, Fabaceae, Globulariaceae and Caricaceae (Aguin-Pombo et al., 2006) .

Subfamily Penthimiinae Kirschbaum, 1868