Eoophyla sejunctalis Snellen
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Acentropinae
- Genus: Eoophyla
- Distribution: Sri Lanka, India (Punjab), Thailand, Vietnam, W. Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra), China (Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan) Taiwan.
- Habitat: Water bodies, lowland to lower montane <1400m
- Wing Length: Male 8-10 Female 9-11mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Oligostigma sejunctalis Snellen, 1876: 196 (key), 207, pl. 9 figs 11 a-c) from the Punjab (Dharmsala). It may be in the Transvaal Museum (Munroe et al., 1958: 84). comb. n. to Eoophyla (Yoshiasu, 1987).
- syn. Cataclysta delicata Moore 1887: 556, pl. 215 fig. 5 (In Li et al. 2003).
Description
A fairly typical Eoophyla with fulvous white and brown patterning. The FW post median white band is angular and dark brown on its proximal edge. The FW has a short dark basal streak. The HW has four large eyespots with white centres. No Bornean specimen seen.
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References
- Snellen, P. C. T. (1875 [1876]) Over Oligostigma Guenée, een genus der Pyraliden (met 2 platen). Tijdschr. v. Ent., 19: 186-209, pls. 8-9. [in Dutch]
- Moore, F. (1884-1887 [1886]) Lepid. Ceylon., Vol 3, IX-XIII, xv + 578pp., pls. [71] 144-215 L. Reeve & Co., London.
- Munroe, E. G. (1958) Catalogue of Lederer Types of Pyralidae in the British Museum (Natural History) with Selections of Lectotypes (Lepidoptera), Can. Ent. (Ottawa), 90 (9), September 1958: 510-517.
- Li, W. C., You, P. & Wang, S. H. (2003) A systematic study of the genus Eoophyla Swinhoe in China, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Nymphulinae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 28 (2): 295-302.