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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.

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