Analyta diaphana Hampson
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Tribe: Margaroniini
- Genus: Analyta
- Distribution: India (Tamilnadu), W. Malaysia, Sabah, Brunei, Phillippines, Indonesia (Salayer).
- Habitat: Lowland & hill primary forest (inc. canopy) <1000m.
- Wing Length: 10mm
Taxonomy
The female holotype of Cirrhochrista diaphana Hampson, 1891: 36, 135, pl. 95 fig. 11 from India (Nilgiris) is in the BMNH.
The A. apicalis group is in need of further revision.
Description
A pale thinly-scaled sp. with faint grey marking and a black apical patch on the FW. The body may be silvery white when fresh but usually becomes brownish as the scales are lost. The male is similar but has long black anal hair pencils. In a. apicalis the HW has a small black spot at the apex in Leucinodella leucostola Hampson, 1896 there is a diffuse black patch.
Leucinodella leucostola, A. apicalis Hampson, 1896 and A. sigulalis Guenée, 1854 are very similar.
Schulze (2000) taxon #570. ‘Pyraustinae sp. 64’ In LepIndex as Leucinodes.
The A. apicalis group is in need of revision and we are tentatively treating Leucinodella as Nistra Walker, 1859c.
References
- Guenée, A. (1854) Deltoïdes et pyralites. In Boisduval, J.A. & Guenée, A., Hist. nat. des Insectes (Spec. gén. Lépid.) Vol. 8, 448pp. + 10 pls., Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris.
- Hampson,G.F. (1891) The Lepidoptera Heterocera of the Nilgiri district. Ill. typ. spec. Lepid. Heteroc. coll. B.M., 8. 144 pp., pl. 139-156, London.
- Hampson, G.F. (1896) Moths, Vol. IV, In Blandford, W.T. (ed.), The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, W.T., Taylor and Francis, London: xxiii + 594pp.