Conogethes diminutiva Warren
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Genus: Conogethes
- Distribution: India (Meghalaya), Sabah, Indonesia (Sulawesi), Australia (Q, N.T.).
- Habitat: Primary & disturbed forest <1200m.
- Wing Length: 6.5mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Conogethes diminutiva Warren, 1896c: 168 from India (Khasis) is in the BMNH. comb. rev. to Conogethes from Dichocrocis (Shaffer et al., 1996).
Shashank et al. (2018: 228) noted that it could be conspecific with C. ersealis (Walker 1859e) but they lacked enough data to be specific.
Description
Bright yellow and black spotted, this is one of the smallest Conogethes spp. The three spots on the HW inner angle may be small and distinct or larger and suffused. Var fulvida Warren 1896c: 168, TL India (Khasis), has puplish suffusions around the wing veins especially on the underside basal half of the FW. Some specimens from Australia have their spots conjoined to form lines on the subcosta of the FW and nr. the HW tornus.
Life History
Food plant: Ipomoea batatas (L.) the Sweet Potato (Solanaceae)
References
- Shaffer, M., & Nielsen, E.S. & Horak, M. (1996) Pyraloidea (In Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangji (Eds.), Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia; 164-199, CSIRO, Australia.
- Shashank, P.R., Kammar, V., Mally, R. & Chakravarthy, A.K. (2018) A new Indian species of shoot and capsule borer of the genus Conogethes (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), feeding on cardamom. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 215-234.
- Warren, W. (1896c) XVIII New species of moths from the Khasia Hills, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 18 (104): 163-177.
- Walker, F. (1859e) Pyralides, In; List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. Ser. 4, 19: 799-1036.
