Culladia hastiferalis Walker
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Crambinae
- Genus: Culladia
- Distribution: Thailand, W. Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak, Philippines, Sulawesi, Irian Jaya, PNG (Biak Is., Schouten Is., Bismark Arch., New Britain), Australia, Solomon Is., China (Hong Kong), Taiwan.
- Habitat: Lowland forest; <300m.
- Wing Length: 6mm
Taxonomy
The male holotype of Scopula hastiferalis Walker, 1865 [1866]: 1473 was collected by A.R. Wallace in Sarawak and is type #1192 in the UMNH Oxford.
Description
The FW are pale greyish with an intricately mottled and lined darker patterning. There is a prominent brown serrate submarginal line and a dark brown marginal line. The HW is a pale greyish with long fringes. The antennae are pale, ringed with brown. Bleszynski, (1970d) illustrates the genitalia (female fig. 9 and male, fig.15). This species is almost impossible to distinguish from its congeners in the Culladia admigratella group without detailed examination of the wing venation or genitalia. See Bleszynski, (1970d)
Life History
A seed borer which has been found in Shorea leprosula fruit (Diperocarpaceae) in at least in part of its range (Chey, 2002: 49).
References
- Moore, F. ([1886] 1884-1887) Lepid. Ceylon., Vol 3, xv + 578pp, pls.154 [144]-215 L. Reeve & Co., London.
- Bleszynski, S. (1970d) A revision of the genus Culladia Moore (Studies on the Crambinae Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, part 50), Tijdschr. V. Ent., 113: 44-59.
