Chalcidoptera pryeri Hampson | The Pyralids of Borneo

Family: &nbsp; Crambidae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Spilomelinae
Genus: &nbsp; Chalcidoptera
Distribution: Sabah.
Habitat: No data.
Wing Length: 10mm

Taxonomy

Chalcidoptera pryeri Hampson, 1898: 665, pl. 50 fig. 1. The holotype from Sabah. (Sandakan) is in the BMNH.

Description

Sexually dimorphic. The red males closely resemble Chalcidoptera emissalis Walker but the wing shapes are different. The association of male and female in many Chalcidoptera spp. needs confirmation.

References

Hampson, G. (1898) A revision of the moths of the subfamily Pyraustinae and the family Pyralidae. Part 1, Proc. zool. soc. Lond.: 590-760.
Walker, F. (1865c [Oct 14]) List Spec Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. 33, (Suppl. 3): 707-1533.