Zebronia phenice

Zebronia phenice is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Stoll in 1782.^[1] It is found in Cameroon, Mayotte, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, La Réunion, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Gambia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.^[2]

Zebronia phenice
Feeding on a deceased Chequered sengi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Zebronia
Species:	Z. phenice
Binomial name
Zebronia phenice (Stoll in Cramer & Stoll, 1782)
Synonyms
Phalaena Pyralis phenice Stoll in Cramer & Stoll, 1782 Zebronia phenice var. mayottensis Pagenstecher, 1907 Phakellura imparivirgalis Mabille, 1881 Spilomela phenicealis Guenée, 1854 Spilomela podalirialis Guenée, 1854 Spilomela podalivalis Klima, 1937 Spilomela podalivalvis Pinhey, 1975 Spilomela trivirgalis Mabille, 1880 Zebronia botydis Strand, 1915 Zebronia foederalis Hübner, 1825 Zebronia lathurusalis Walker, 1859

The larvae feed on Zizyphus mauritiana, Spathodea campanulata, Tecoma and Stenotaphrum species.