Bradina opacusalis Swinhoe
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Tribe: Steniini
- Genus: Bradina
- Distribution: Burma, Sarawak.
- Habitat: Lowland to lower montane <1520m.
- Wing Length: 13mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Bradina opacusalis Swinhoe, 1904: 156 from Sarawak (Kuching) is in the BMNH.
Description
A dark brown sp. virtually un-marked apart from two faint darker patches at each end of the FW cell. The termenae of both wings have a very thin white line at the base of the marginal cillia. The palpi are blackish brown, white beneath. The intersegmental areas of the abdomen show narrow white intersegmental bands. See Bradina remipes Hampson,1897: 199 which lacks the FW spots. Similar to Bradina melanoperas Hampson, 1896: 227 (TL Burma) but that sp. has a distinct crescentic dark spot on the FW cell.
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References
- 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.
- Hampson, G.F. (1897b) 7, On the classification of two subfamilies of moths of the Family Pyralidae; the Hydrocampinae and Scoparianae. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1897: 127-240.
- Swinhoe, C. (1904a) New species of Eastern, Australian and African Heterocera in the national collection. Trans. ent Soc. Lond. 1904 (3): 139-158.
