Lectotype: India, Tamil nadu, Tranquebar: 1♀

Host institution: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Distribution range: Cameroon, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda

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Host plant: Bred from seeds of Abutilon indicum (Linn.). adults also collected on A. hirtum (Lamk.), Hibiscus spp. and Gossypium spp. (cotton).

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