Ecpyrrhorrhoe celatalis Walker | The Pyralids of Borneo

Family: &nbsp; Crambidae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Pyraustinae
Tribe: &nbsp; Pyraustini
Genus: &nbsp; Ecpyrrhorrhoe
Distribution: Sri Lanka, India (Meghalaya), Burma, W. Malaysia, Sabah, Brunei, Indonesia, China, Taiwan.
Habitat: Lowland primary &amp; disturbed forest &amp; cultivated areas &lt;630m
Wing Length: 8,5mm

Taxonomy

The holotype of Botys celatalis Walker, 1859: 657 from Sri Lanka is in the BMNH.

comb. n. to Paliga Moore, 1886 (Shaffer et al. 1996)
comb. n. to Ecpyrrhorrhoe Hübner [1825] 1816: 356 (Globiz)

Description

A bright orange-brown sp. faintly marked with darker orange irregular lineation and with patchy subtermenal shading. The frons is white but the sides of the head, and the thorax and abdomen are fulvous, the latter with pale intersegmental bands. The legs are mainly white.

Life History

Listed as feeding on Callicarpa arborea, C. macrophylla, C. pedunculata (Verbenaceae) & Rhynchosia hirta (Fabaceae) by Robinson et al. (2001).

Ecpyrrhorrhoe celatalis Walker specimen plate

References

Robinson, G.S., Ackery, P.R., Kitching, I.J., Beccaloni, G.W. & Hernández, L.M. (2001) Hostplants of the moth and butterfly caterpillars of the Oriental Region. 744 pp.
Herring, E.M. (1901a) Eubersicht der Sumatra-Pyralidae, Stett. Entomol. Zeit., 62 (1-6): 13-118, pls. 1-2.