Crypsiptya coclesalis Walker
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Pyraustinae
- Genus: Crypsiptya
- Distribution: India (NW, C), Bhutan, Burma, W. Malaysia, Singapore, Sabah, Sarawak, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java), Philippines, China (throughout S & E), Hong Kong, Japan. Australia.
- Habitat: Plantations and natural forests.
- Wing Length: 14mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Botys coclesalis Walker, 1859: 701 from Sarawak is in the BMNH. Comb. rev. to Crypsiptya (Trankner et al. 2009).
- syn. Botys itemalesalis Walker, 1859: 996; TL China (Shanghai). Syn. n. (Munroe & Mutuura, 1969: 1245);
- syn. Coclebotys itemasalis Subs. misspell. (Munroe & Mutuura, 1969);
- syn. Botys strenualis Walker, 1865 [1866 Jan 13]: 1409 TL India (S. Hindustan). Syn. n. (Munroe & Mutuura, 1969: 1245);
- syn. Botys lacrymalis Leech, 1889: 69, pl.3 fig. 12. TL Japan. (Satsuma & Nagasaki). Syn. n. (Munroe & Mutuura, 1969: 1245);
- syn. Botys lacrimalis, misspell (Li et al., 2019: 203);
- syn. Botys strenualis Walker, 1865 [1866 Jan 13]: 1409 TL NW India (S. Hindustan). Syn. n. (Munroe & Mutuura, 1969: 1245);
- syn. Botys interfusalis Walker, 1865 [1866 Jan 13]: 1443 TL Java. Syn. n. (Munroe & Mutuura, 1969: 1245).
Comb. n. to Crypsiptya Meyrick 1894 (Shaffer et al., 1996).
Description
The bright golden yellow and brown of fresh specimens fades quickly to pink-brownish shades and the postmedian and antemedian lines are usuually ill defined. The subtermenal area of both wings are brown but on the HW this is mainly towards the apex. Trankner et al. (2009: figs 22, 23) illustrate the male and female genitalia. A specimen (ID # NAFU Pyr000078) has been barcoded and the data is held in BOLD (Ratnasingham & Hebert, 2007). RTS: 179, Pl. 29, fig.20 figure another specimen from Singapore.
Life History
A major pest of bamboos in Central India, causing serious economic loss of growth and yield in nurseries, plantations and natural forests (Roychoudhury & Joshi 2008).
References
- [RTS] Robinson, G.S., Tuck, K.R. & Shaffer, M. (1994) A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of South-East Asia, Malaysian Nature Society Kuala Lumpur & Natural History Museum, London, 311 pp. 51 text figs, 32 pls.
- [RTS] 1994: 179, Pl. 29, fig.20.
- Shaffer, M. & Nielsen, E.S. (1996) In Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangji, R.V. (Eds.) Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia, 66: 161- 163, CSIRO, Australia.
- Ratnasingham, S. & Hebert, P.D.N. (2007) Barcoding - BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (www.barcodinglife.org), Molecular Ecology Notes (Journal compilation © 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.: 10 pp.
- Roychoudhury, N. & Joshi, K. C. (2008), leaf roller Crypsiptya coclesalis Walker (Lepidoptera : Pyralidae), a major pest of bamboos in nurseries and plantations. Indian Forester, North America, 134 (9).
- Leech, J.H. (1889a) New species of Deltoids and Pyrales from Corea, North China and Japan. Entomologist, 22: 62-71 pls. 2-4.
- Walker, F. (1859d [May 10]) Pyralides, In; List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. Fourth Series 18: 509-799.
- Munroe, E. G., & Mutuura, A. (1969b) Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) of temperate East Asia. VI. Can. Ent. (Ottawa), 101: 897-906.