Bradina aulacodialis Strand
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Genus: Bradina
- Distribution: India (W. Bengal), Australia (Q), Taiwan.
- Habitat: No data.
- Wing Length: 12mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Bradina aulacodialis Strand, 1919 Strand, 1919: 109-110 is from Taiwan (Shisa).
Description
An ochreous species with slightly darker colours on the termenae and the FW sub-costa. The wings are crossed by a single brown post termenal line . It has a small comma-shaped spot backed by a white patch and another small spot at each end of the FW cell. The termenal margins are marked by distinctive brown edged lines. Bradina sp. 1 and tmw/kitching taxon #122 are similar. Not proven in Borneo but Bradina sp. 1 Schulze (2000) Taxon #577 may be this sp..
References
- Walker, F. (1859d [May 10]) XVIII Pyralites, In; List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. Ser. 4, 18: 509-798.
- Strand, E. (1919a) in H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute: Pyralididae, Subfam. Sterictinae, Endotrichinae, Pyralidinae und Hydrocampinae (Lep.) Entomologische Mitteilungen, Berlin-Dahlem, VIII: 4-6: 102-110.
