Cymoriza marginalis Moore

Taxonomy

The holotype of Cymoriza marginalis Moore (1879-1888 [1888]): 211 is from India (Darjeeling). It is in the BMNH.

• syn. Musotima fulvalis Hampson 1893: 52: 180, pl.174 fig 26 female). Hampson does not give a TL in the text p. 180 but in his list p. 52) it is given as Kelani Valley [Sri Lanka]. The type label gives India, Meghalaya, Khasi Hills [Khasias]. The female type is in the BMNH;
• Syn? Ambia magnificalis Swinhoe, 1895: 299-300 T.L. India, Meghalaya, Cherrapunji [Cherra Punji] [= A. marginalis Moore (notation on LepIndex card)].
• Syn.? Ambia albiflavalis Hampson, 1917b: 462-463 TL Nigeria, Lagos.

Description

A predominately dark brown and fulvous sp. with looping white markings on both wings. The discal spots on all wings is white outlined by black brown.

References

• Moore, F. ([1888] 1887) Heterocera (3): 200-299, pls. 6-8. Heterocera continued (Pyralidae, Crambidae, Geometridae, Tortricidae, Tineidae). In: Hewitson & Moore (1879-1887) Descr. new Ind. lepid. Colln. late Mr. W.S.Atkinson, Asiatic Soc. Bengal, Taylor & Francis, London.
• Hampson, G. F. (1893) The Macrolepidoptera Heterocera of Ceylon. Ill. typ. spec. Lepid. Heteroc. coll. B.M., 9. v + 182 pp., pls. 157-176. Taylor & Francis, London.
• Moulton, J. C. (1912) Where Wallace trod being some account of an entomological expedition to Mount Serambu, Sarawak, Borneo, (Conclusion). Entomologist, An Illustrated Journal of Entomology 45 (591): 246-251. pls 5-6.
• Warren, W. (1896d) XXXIII New species of moths from the Khasia Hills, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 18 (105): 214-232.
• Hampson, G. F. (1917f) XLV Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the Subfamilies Hydrocampinae, Scoparianae, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 8, 19, (114): 457-473.
• Swinhoe, C. (1895b) XX New Species of Indian Epiplemidae, Geometridae, Thyrididae and Pyralidae. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 16 (43) 293-304.