''Diaphone eumela'', the cherry spot or lily borer, is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

Noctuidae. It is found in Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Angola. Like its relative, '' Brithys crini'', this noctuid is found almost exclusively on plants of the families Amaryllidaceae and

Liliaceae The lily family, Liliaceae, consists of about 15 genera and 610 species of flowering plants within the order Liliales. They are monocotyledonous, perennial, herbaceous, often bulbous geophytes. Plants in this family have evolved with a fair a ...

, and has been recorded feeding on '' Ornithogalum eckloni'' and ''

Boophone disticha ''Boophone'' is a small genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the Amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae.) It consists of two confirmed species distributed across South Africa to Kenya and Uganda. It is closel ...

''.

References

Moths described in 1782 Glottulinae Lepidoptera of Angola Insects of Lesotho Lepidoptera of Mozambique Lepidoptera of Namibia Lepidoptera of South Africa Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa {{Glottulinae-stub