The larvae feed on "Kniphofia bequaerti". Several species of "Kniphofia" are cultivated as garden plants, valued for their architectural properties. The genus "Kniphofia" is named after Johann Hieronymus Kniphof, an 18th-century German physician and botanist. Kniphofia nana is a plant species in the family "Asphodeloideae". The South African collection at the northeast border includes "Kniphofia caulescens". He is commemorated in the genus "Bachmannia", "Leonotis bachmannii", "Struthiola bachmannii" and "Kniphofia bachmannii".