Cirrhochrista bracteolalis Hampson
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Tribe: Margaroniini
- Genus: Cirrhochrista
- Distribution: Sri Lanka, India (Tamilnadu, Sikkim), Thailand, Sabah, Taiwan, Philippines.
- Habitat: Lowland Primary Forest <1000m
- Wing Length: 14-16mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Cirrhochrista bracteolalis Hampson 1891: 135 pl. 155, fig. 3, from South India, Tamilnadu (Nilgiris) is in the BMNH. Not syn. with C. kosemponialis Strand, 1919 which is figured as a syntype by Wang & Spiedel (2000: 186, fig.). It was considered a brown sufused var. of kosemponialis by Shibuya 1928 but Yuato in Inoue (1987 108: 44) had reinstated it as a good sp..
Description
A rather dull looking Cirrhochrista sp. FW with suffused brown and fulvous patterning and golden spangles on some fasciae and margins. The underlying pattern is very similar to C. bifurcalis but this sp. has much more brown ground colouration. The HW is white. Wingspan male 33-34mm, female 35-37mm.
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References
- Hampson,G.F. (1891) The Lepidoptera Heterocera of the Nilgiri district. Ill. typ. spec. Lepid. Heteroc. coll. B.M., 8. iv + 144 pp., pl. 139-156, Taylor & Francis, London.
- Shibuya, J. (1928). The systematic study on the Formosan Pyralidae. Rep. Fac. Agric. Hokkaido Univ. 22 (1): 300 pp., pls. 1-9.
- Yuato in Inoue (1987 108: 44)
- Wang, HsiauYue. & Spiedel, W (2000) Guide Book to Insects in Taiwan (19). Pyraloidea (Pyralidae, Crambidae). Shu Shin Books, Taipei, Taiwan: pp 295.