Callibotys hyalodiscalis Warren
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Pyraustinae
- Genus: Callibotys
- Distribution: India (Meghalaya), W. Malaysia; China ( Yunnan).
- Habitat: Hill forest & disturbed areas <610m.
- Wing Length: 9.5mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Rhectothyris hyalodiscalis Warren, 1895: 471 is from India (Khasia hills). It is the T.S. of Callibotys (Munroe & Mutuura 1970a: 299).
Crocidophora carapina Strand, 1918: 67 is from Taiwan (Karapin). It was considered a junior subjective syn. of C. hyalodiscalis by Shibuya, (1928: 31). For an illustration see Wang & Spiedel (2000: 272). Here we consider both good spp.
Description
A mainly purplish brown sp. The FW has a large orange-fulvous area on its base. A broad dark purple-brown band starts at the post median costa but becomes narrow by the posterior margin This continues on the HW as a narrow median line . There is a distinctive square white spot in the FW cell. C. carapina is similar but it has a much smaller area of orange on its FW which is replaced on the median subcosta by a bright yellow patch. Not recorded in Borneo.
References
- Warren, W. (1895) LXIV New species of Pyralidae, Thyridiae and Epiplemidae. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 6, 16 (96): 460-477.
- (Ottawa), Contributions to a Study of the Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) of Temperate East Asia. IX., Can. Ent. (Ottawa), 102: 294-304.
- Munroe, E. G. & Mutuura, A (1970a) Can. Ent.