Diasemia reticularis Linnaeus
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Tribe: Nomophilini
- Genus: Diasemia
- Distribution: Europe. Africa (Congo, E.), India (Andaman Is.), W. Malaysia, Singapore, Java, Kalimantan Selatan, Australia. China, Taiwan, Japan.
- Habitat: Lowland to lower montane but mainly agricultural areas <1630m
- Wing Length: 9mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Phalaena [Pyralis] reticularis Linnaeus, 1761: 352 is from Sweden.
- syn. Phalaena argentalis Fabricius, 1781b: 275.
- syn. Phalaena litterata Scopoli, 1763: 229 (LepIndex, Globiz)
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syn. Pyralis literalis Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775: 121, 122 TL [Austria] Wienergegend.
- Syn. n. Hübner 1796: [8].
- Denis & Schiffermüller transferred Phalaena litterata Scopoli, 1763 to Pyralis, but misspelled it by writing it with one ‘t’ only, and made an unjust. emend. by changing the ending to ‘-alis’.
- syn. Phalaena literata Heinemann, 1865: 99 (misspell.).
- syn. Phalaena litteralis Duponchel, 1831-1834 [1831]: 222, 7) (misspell.).
Description
Mainly dark brown or blackish brown with white post-median bands on both wings. The rather elongate abdomen is brown with paler intersegmental bands. Note the rather long labial palps. Similar to D. accalis but a rather more distinctively marked sp.. The moth is chiefly found in the tropics but has also been found in temperate to subarctic regions due to its migratory nature. See Wang & Speidel (2000: 109)
Life History
Known foodplants: beaked hawk's-beard Crepis vesicaria, Hieracium spp., Picris spp. oxtongues (Asteracea); Plantago spp. (Plantaginacea).
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References
- Linnaeus, C. (1761) Fauna suecica sistens animalia Sueciae regni: Mammalia, Aves, Amphibia, Pisces, Insecta, Vermes. Editio altera, auctior. [2nd Edition] Stockholmiae [Stockholm]: L. Salvii, 48 + 578 pp. [in Latin]
- Scopoli, G.A. (1763). Entomologia carniolica exhibens insecta Carnioliae indigena et distributa in ordines, genera, species, varietates. Methodo Linnaeana. Vindobonae [Vienna]. J. Trattner, xxxvi + 420 pp. [In Latin] + [42 pl. publ. separately].
- Denis, J. N. C. M. & Schiffermüller, I. (1775) Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend herausgegeben von einigen Lehrern am k.k. Theresianum. Augustin Bernardi, Wien. frontispiece, 1-323, pls. 1-3.
- Duponchel, P.A.J. ([1836] 1821-1842). In Godart, J.B. & Duponchel, P.A.J. Hist. nat. Lépid. Papillons Fr. Crevot/Méquignon-Marvis Fils, Paris, 11 vols + 4 suppls, pls 546.
- Heinemann, H. von. (1865) Die Schmetterlinge Deutschlands und der Schweiz. Zweite Abtheilung. Kleinschmetterlinge. Band 1. Heft II. Die Zünsler. C. A. Schwetschke und Sohn, Braunschweig. i-vi, 1-214, Pl. 1-27.
- Wang, Hsiau-Yue. & Speidel, W (2000) Guide Book to Insects in Taiwan (19). Pyraloidea (Pyralidae, Crambidae). Shu Shin Books, Taipei, Taiwan: pp 295.
- Fabricius, J.C. (1781b) Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin, adiectis observationibus, descriptionibus Vol. 2, 517 pp., Hamburgi et Kilionii, Carol-Ernst Bohnii. [in Latin]