Agrioglypta itysalis Walker
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Tribe: Margaroniini
- Genus: Agrioglypta
- Distribution: Sri Lanka, India (Sikkim, Assam), Burma, W. Malaysia, Singapore,Brunei, Sabah, Sarawak, Indonesia (Kalimantan Berat, Bali, Tambora, Seram, Irian Jaya), PNG, Sulawesi, Philippines, Australia (NT, Q), Solomon Is, Taiwan, Japan.
- Habitat: Lowland <600m.
- Wing Length: 13mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Glyphodes itysalis Walker, 1859: 501, from Sarawak is in UM Oxford. The type #1119 was collected by A.R. Wallace. comb. n. to Agrioglypta (Shaffer et al., 1996).
- syn. Glyphodes piepersialis Snellen, [1880]: 68. The male lectotype from Sulawesi (Ring Kiang, Loelons) is in the RMHN, Leiden.
A. malayana (Butler, 1880: 684-685) was considered to be syn. but Shaffer considered it a good sp. ms stat. rev. (Shaffer 1990, LepIndex card note)
Description
Very similar to A. excelsalis but in this sp. the submedian of two white patches on the FW is narrowly triangular and the larger post median one is produced into a sharp ‘beak’ near the marginal area. The HW has a large white basal area and margins with brown and irridescent purplish submarginal bands. Agrioglypta sp. 5 & A. malayana are very similar but have a less evident ‘beak’ on the FW marking.
Tap/Click to zoom
References
- Snellen, P. C. T. ([1880] 1880-1892) Lepidoptera. In Veth, P. J., (1880-1892). Midden-Sumatra. 4 (8). 92 pp., 5 pl. Leiden.
- Butler, A.G. (1880) On a second collection of Lepidoptera made in Formosa by H.E. Hobson Esq. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond: 666-691.
- Shaffer, M., & Nielsen, E.S. & Horak, M. (1996) Pyraloidea (In Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangji (Eds.), Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia; 164-199, CSIRO, Australia.
- Walker, F. (1859c) Pyralides. In; List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. Ser. 4, 17: 255-508.
