Elophila nigralbalis Caradja
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Acentropinae
- Genus: Elophila
- Distribution: Thailand, W. Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.
- Habitat: China (S.), Taiwan; Aquatic.
- Wing Length: 8mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Nymphula nigralbalis Caradja, 1925: 329 is from China, Guangdong, (Lianping [Lienping]). Comb. n. to Cyrtogramme (Yoshiyasu 1985: 25.)
Re-instated as a good sp. from a ssp. of Elophila difflualis Snellen, 1882 Comb. Rev. (Speidel, 1984).
Comb. n. to Elophila Hübner (Yoshiyasu (1987) Microlepid. Thailand 1:168.).
Description
Once regarded as a ssp. of Elophila difflualis Snellen, 1882 and can be distinguished by its more angular AMN and the three shorter sickle-like setae on the valval ampulla (Yoshiyasu, 1987). Yoshiyasu illustrates the sp. and includes it in a key to Thai Elophila spp. In LepIndex as Cyrtogramme. Photo of male in Yen (2004: 549: fig. 4. B).
References
- Speidel, W. (1984) Revision der Acentropinae des palaearktischen fuanengebietes (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) Neue ent. Nachr., 12: 1-149, 3 pls.
- Yoshiyasu, Y., (1985) A systematic study of the Nymphulinae and the Musotiminae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Scientific Reports of the Kyoto prefectural University (Agriculture) 37: 1-162.
- Yoshiyasu, Y., (1987) The Nymphulinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Thailand, with descriptions of a new genus and six new species. - In Kuroko, H. & Moriuti, S. (eds.) Microlepidoptera of Thailand 1: 133-184.
- S-H, Yen (2004). (In Yule, C.M. & Yong hoi Sen, Freshwater invertebrates of the Malaysian region, Akademi sains Malaysi & Monash Univ.) 549: fig. 4. B.
- Yen, S-H (2004) Insecta: Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Acentropinae. pp 545-554 In Freshwater Invertebrates, 852pp, Academy of Sciences Malaysia Kuala Lumpur.
- Chen, F-Q, Wu, C-S. & Xue, D-Y. (2010) A review of the genus Elophila Hübner, 1822 in China (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Acentropinae). Aquatic Insects 32 (1): 35-60.
- Chen, F., Wu, C. & Xue, D. (2010) A review of the Genus Elophila Hübner 1882 in China (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Acentropinae), Aquatic Insects, 32 (1): 35-60.
- Caradja, A. (1925b) Euber Chinas Pyraliden, Tortriciden, Tineiden nebst kurze Betrachtungen, zu denen das Studium dieser Fauna Veranlassung gibt Acad. Romana Mem. Sect. Stiint. ser. iii, 3 (7): 257-383, 2 pls.