Addaea venustus van Eecke | The Pyralids of Borneo

Family: &nbsp; Thyrididae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Siculodinae
Tribe: &nbsp; Rhodoneurini
Genus: &nbsp; Addaea
Distribution: Thailand, W. Malaysia, Sabah, Brunei, Sumatra, Tambora, Java.
Habitat: Lowland primary and secondary forest; &lt;600m.
Wing Length: 14mm

Taxonomy

W. Malaysia, GTE. The holotype of Hypolamprus venustus van Eecke, 1929:102; pl.12 fig. 5 is from Sumatra, Fort de Kock. ms comb. n. to Addaea (Shaffer, 1993 LepIndex).

Description

This is a small pale pink-brown Addaea species resembling A. pusilla but it has marginally different pale-edged brown median fasciation on the FW and HW.

Addaea venustus van Eecke specimen plate