Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)

Biology

Life cycle:

Parasitoid: Conura debilis (Chalcididae).

Ecology

Host plants:

• Amaranthaceae
  - Amaranthus

• Cucurbitaceae
  - Lagenaria siceraria

• Fabaceae
  - Acacia neovernicosa
  - Mimosa tenuiflora

• Goodeniaceae
  - Scaevola frutescens

• Nyctaginaceae
  - Boerhavia chinensis
  - Boerhavia coccinea
  - Boerhavia diffusa
  - Boerhavia erecta
  - Boerhavia repens
  - Commicarpus tuberosus
  - Okenia hypogae

Distribution

Known from Somalia, Congo, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroun, Tchad, Liberia, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Nigeria, Cape Verde Islands, Kenya, Tanzania, Swaziland, Rep. S. Africa, Namibia, Uganda, Madagascar, Seychelles, Réunion Island, Mauritius, and Ethiopia.