Authaeretis eridora Meyrick
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Genus: Authaeretis
- Distribution: Madagascar, India (N.E., Meghalaya), Burma, Fiji, W. Malaysia, Sabah, Kalimantan Selatan, Sulawesi, Philippines, PNG (Admiralty Is.), Australia (Q), Solomon Is. (Choisul). Taiwan.
- Habitat: Primary & disturbed forest and cultivated areas <630m.
- Wing Length: 12-16mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Authaeretis eridora Meyrick, 1886: 252 is from Fiji.
- syn. Prorodes mimica Swinhoe, 1894b: 205. TL Borneo, Pulo Laut;
- syn. Notarcha triparalis Warren, 1896f: 102. TL Khasias [India, Meghalaya]
- (= Prorodes leucothyralis Mabille, 1899 [1900]: 746;
- = P. mimica Shaffer et al., 1996);
- syn. Idiostrophe albipunctata Warren, 1896: 133 TL Australia (Queensland, Mackay)
- (=Prorodes leucothyralis Mabille, 1900 LepIndex);
- (= P. mimica Shaffer et al., 1996);
- syn. Sylepta [sic] machinalis Felder 1875, pl. 136, fig 36 TL Moluccas.
- syn. Prorodes leucothyralis Mabille, 1900: 746; TL Madagascar; LepIndex.
Here we suggest that the genus Idiostrophe Warren should be considered as syn. with Authaeretis Meyrick, 1886 and Prorodes Swinhoe (syn. with Authaeretis by Shaffer et al. 1996). Several Prorodes spp. are here allocated to Authaeretis and most should be considered as ms syns. of Authaeretis eridora Meyrick.
Description
A glossy brown sp. with a purplish sheen and a few white spots and lines. Note the distinctive white ‘coronet’ on the post median part of the FW. The males have impressive palps and have large ochreous eversible anal hair pencils. The antennal bases are highly modified, Some Coptobasis spp. e.g. Coptobasis [Authaeretis] textalis Lederer are similar.
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References
- Felder, C., Felder, R. & Rogenhofer A. F. (1875) Reise öste Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jarhen 1857, 1858, 1859 (Zool.), 2; 2 Abtheilung. Lepidoptera 2; 9 + 10+ 20 pp , 140 pls. Wien.
- Meyrick, E. (1886) Descriptions of Lepidoptera from the South Pacific. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond.:189-296.
- Mabille, P. (1899 [1900]). Lepidoptera nova malagassica et africana. Ann. Soc. ent. France 68: 723-753. [In French]
- Shaffer, M., Nielsen, E. S. & Horak, M. (1996). Pyraloidea: Pyralidae. In: Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. 4: i-xiv, 1-529: 189.
- Warren, W. (1896e) XIII New species of Pyralidae, Thyridiae and Epiplemidae Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 6, (17) (98): 131-150.
- Warren, W. (1896f) XIII New species of Pyralidae, Thyridiae and Epiplemidae Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 6, (17) (97): 94-106.
- Swinhoe, C. (1894b) New species of Pyrales from the Khasia Hills. XXIX. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., Ser 6, 14 (81): 197-210.
