Agrotera effertalis Walker
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Tribe: Agroterini
- Genus: Agrotera
- Distribution: Madagascar?, Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, W. Malaysia, Brunei, Sabah, Sarawak, Indonesia (Amboina, Sulawesi), Philippines, Australia (Q), Solomon Is.
- Habitat: Lowland
- Wing Length: 10mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Aediodes effertalis Walker, 1859: 348 is from Sri Lanka. comb. n. to Agrotera Meyrick, 1887: 224.
Description
A brightly coloured sp. superficially similar to A. basinotata Hampson. The basal area of the FW is cream speckled with orange and there is a similar but smaller area on the HW. Unlike A. basinotata Hampson there is no distinct submedian line delineating the deep purple distal parts of the wings. The FW has a looping post median line in darker purple-brown and the margin and fringe is chequered with purple on white. Distinctive of the sp. is the irregular pale reniform spot bordered by bright orange. This orange patch may vary considerably in size. Some similar specimens, Agrotera sp. 6, from Sabah and W. Malaysia have virtually no orange around the prominent cream orbicular mark and may not be conspecific. See A. basinotata
References
- Meyrick, E. (1887) On Pyralidina from Australia and the South Pacific., Trans. ent. Soc. Lond.: 20: 185-268.
- Viette, P.E.L. (1958) Pyrales de la Région malgache nouvelles ou peu connues (Lepidoptera). Mém. Inst. scient. Madagascar, E, 9 : 119-156. 8 fig.
- Walker, F. (1859c) Pyralides. In; List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. Ser. 4, 17: 255-508.
