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Cydalima pfeifferae Lederer
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Tribe: Margaroniini
- Genus: Cydalima
- Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Assam, Niccobar Is., Andaman Is.), Burma, W. Malaysia, Singapore, Sabah, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Bali, Irian Java) Philippines, PNG, Australia (NT,Q), Taiwan.
- Habitat: Lowland to lower montane primary forest including canopy and disturbed areas <1100m.
- Wing Length: 16-17mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Sisyrophora pfeifferae Lederer 1863: 399, pl. 13 fig. 13 is from Singapore. comb. n. to Cydalima Lederer 1863. (Mally & Nuss, 2010).
- syn. Cydalima elwesialis Snellen, 1890: 607-608, pl. 19 figs 1–1a Syn. n. (Swinhoe 1916b: 221). TL Sikkim. The lectotype is in the BMNH;
- syn. Cydalmia [sic] elwesialis, Snellen, 1890b: 607, pl. xix figs. 1, 1a. Syn. n. misspell. (Swinhoe 1916b: 221).
- syn. Glyphodes pfeifferae var. elwesialis, Kenrick, 1912: 554, pl. LXVIII, fig. 21. Syn. n. Infra specific (Swinhoe 1916b: 221).
Description
The wings are translucent shining white with a purple-brown shading at the termen where there is a narrow broken metallic line. The broad subcosta of the FW is a dark chocolate brown with two dark spots in the cell. The HW has a small lunate spot in its cell. The abdomen is white scaled as is the thorax which has long tegulae. The head and neck are are dark brown. The males have a conspicuous dark brown hair pencil near the thorax and a tuft of blackish anal hair pencils. The forelegs are brown with white tarsi. The antenna of the male is modified near its base with a short ascending hook bearing a pad of tiny bristles. (RTS: 187).
References
- Kenrick (1912) P. Z. S.: 554, pl. LXVIII, fig. 21.
- 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] Robinson, G, S., Tuck, K. R. & Shaffer, M. (1994): 187, Pl. 32 fig. 8.
- Mally, R & Nuss, M (2010) Phylogeny and nomenclature of the box tree moth, Cydalima perspectalis (Walker, 1859) comb. n., which was recently introduced into Europe (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Spilomelinae), Eur. J. Entomol. 107: 393–400.
- Swinhoe, C. (1916b) XXI New Indo-Malayan Lepidoptera, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 8, 18 (108): 209-221.
- Lederer, J., (1863a) Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Pyralidinen. Wien. entomol. Monat. 7: 243-280, 331-502, pl. 2-18.
- Snellen, P.C.T. (1890b) XVIII A catalogue of the Pyralidina of Sikkim collected by Henry J. Elwes and the late Otto Möller. Trans ent. Soc Lond: 557-647, 2 pl. (XIX & XX).