Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782)

Adult morphology	Wingspan	14
Literature references	Species number (Larsen 2005)	575
	Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)	640
Habitat	Habitat preference [1]	GUI: Centered on the Guinea Savannah, extending into farmbush in the forest zone GUI
Distribution	Geographical distribution [2]	AFR: Practically found throughout Africa in suitable habitats as indicated AFR

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

• Geraniaceae
  - Geranium

• Lamiaceae
  - Calamintha
  - Coleus
  - Lavandula
  - Mentha
  - Plastostema, [doubtful]
  - Salvia
  - Satureja, On seeds, buds and flowers, and boring into the pith of young shoots

• Geraniaceae
  - Geranium
• Lamiaceae
  - Calamintha
  - Coleus
  - Lavandula
  - Mentha
  - Plastostema ([doubtful])
  - Salvia
  - Satureja (On seeds, buds and flowers, and boring into the pith of young shoots)