Cirrhochrista figuratalis Walker | The Pyralids of Borneo

Family: &nbsp; Crambidae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Spilomelinae
Tribe: &nbsp; Margaroniini
Genus: &nbsp; Cirrhochrista
Distribution: Thailand, W. Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei, Sulawesi, China (Yunnan).
Habitat: Lowland.
Wing Length: 8mm

Taxonomy

The female holotype of Cirrhochrista figuratalis Walker, 1865 [1866]: 1369 from Sulawesi (Makian) is in Oxford U.M.N.H. The type #1197 was collected by A.R. Wallace. Long considered as syn. with C. brizoalis Walker 1859e: 976 but re-erected as a good sp. by Mike Shaffer, 1968 (LepIndex). Still considered as syn with C. brizoalis (Globiz) despite its obvious differences.

syn.
- C. brizoalis Walker 1859e: 976

Description

Another shining white sp. with fulvous and brown markings mainly on the FW. One mark forms a distinctive brown circular mark, medially towards the tornus. See C. annulifera Hampson, 1919: 323 which is very similar but has a larger circular mark. C. brizoalis has no such mark. Part of the C. brizolalis group.

Cirrhochrista figuratalis Walker specimen plate

References

Walker (1865 [1866 Jan 13]) List Spec Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. 34, (Suppl. 4): 1121-1533.
Hampson, G.F. (1919f [Nov.]) XXXI Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the Subfamilies Crambinae & Signae, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser 9, 4, (23): 305-326.
Walker, F. (1859e) Pyralides, In; List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. Ser. 4, 19: 799-1036.