Addaea polyphoralis
- Family: Thyrididae
- Subfamily: Siculodinae
- Tribe: Rhodoneurini
- Genus: Addaea
- Distribution: Japan, Sabah, Misool, Australia (Q, NT).
- Habitat: Lowland primary and secondary forest; disturbed areas.
- Wing Length: 16mm
Taxonomy
- Imaged specimen from Australia.
- The holotype of Pyralis polyphoralis Walker, [1866] 1865 from Australia, (Townsville) is in the NHM (Mi7423).
- Syn. Pyralis polygraphalis Walker, [1866] 1865:1245 nec Walker, [1866] 1865:1240. (Pyralis) (homonym) (Shaffer & Nielsen 1996).
- syn. Addaea charidotis Turner, 1904:113 repl. name for A. polygraphalis Walker.
- Syn. n. (Shaffer & Nielsen, 1996). The syn type is from Queensland (Geraldtown, Johnstone River, not Swan River as given by Walker, [1866] 1865).
Description
A small species with distinct brown fasciation, especially the dark median fascia of FW & HW which widens to the posterior. Note the distinct pale patches on the FW Costa. Common (1990:100, fig. 31:5) gives a good monochrome photograph of the female. A. castaneata Warren, 1908: 325 from Milne Bay, PNG is very similar in patterning.
Larvae are gregarious in leaf shelters along with copious quantities of frass, feeding on Diospyros ferrea (Ebenaceae), in Australia (Common 1990:342).
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