Agrotera heliochlaena Meyrick
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Genus: Agrotera
- Distribution: W. Malaysia, Indonesia (Java, Bali, Sumbawa).
- Habitat: Hill & lower montane; 900-1500m.
Taxonomy
Sagariphora heliochlaena (Meyrick, 1894: 461) TL Sumbawa.
It is a said (LepIndex), to be junior subjective syn. of Agrotera magnificalis Hampson 1893: 173 but this needs to be verified.
- A. scissalis
- A. heliochlaena
- A. magnificalis
are distinct from other Agrotera spp and may prove not to be congeneric with the A. basinotata group.
Description
A very distinctive Agrotera sp. having broad wings with a broad orange basal area and steel blue distal parts. The males have prominent valvae and associated fulvous scale pencils. It is similar to A. magnificalis but has a slightly different wing shape. It is said to have curled tufts on its hind tibia unlike magnificalis (RTS: 183-184). A specimen from Bali is illustrated in RTS (1994; pl. 30, fig. 17.),
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References
- Meyrick, E. (1894) XVIII On Pyralidina from the Malay Archipelago, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1894: 455-480.
- RTS (1994): 183-4, pl. 30, fig. 17.
