Eristena excisalis Snellen
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Acentropinae
- Genus: Eristena
- Distribution: India (Tamil Nadu), Bhutan, Sabah, Kalimantan Selatan, Java.
- Habitat: Lowland, streams near disturbed forest & cultivated areas, 460-480m
- Wing Length: 8mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Oligostigma excisalis Snellen 1900[1901]: 289, pl. 16, fig. 9, from Java is in Leiden.
- syn. Oligostigma auropunctalis Hampson 1903 var. javanica Strand, 1914. TL Java (Arjuno). Described twice by Hampson (1903: 210 & 1907: 466). Syn. n. (Speidel & Mey 1999b).
As a temporary measure Speidel & Mey (1999b) transferred the sp. to Eristena Warren, 1896.
Description
Typical Eristena colouration and general patterning. A pale fulvous sp. with lighter bands on the FW which has a markedly angled, almost straight, termen. The falcate HW has a broad, dull white median band with three very small dark spots with an adjacent slightly larger white spot at the tornus. Schulze (2000) taxon #012.
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References
- Snellen, P. C. T., (1900 [1901]) Aanteekeningen over Pyraliden., Tijdschr. v. Ent. 43: 265-310, pl. 15-17.
- Schulze, C. H. (2000) Auswirkungen anthropogener Störungen auf die DiversitÀt von Herbivoren. (Analys von Nachtfalterzönosen entlang von Habitatgradienten in Ost-Malaysia). Unpubl. PhD Thesis, University of Bayreuth, Germany: 350 pp.
- Hampson, G.F., (1906f) LXXII Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the subfamilies Hydrocampinae and Scoparianae. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., Ser. 7, 18 (108): 455-472.
- Hampson, G.F. (1903b) The Moths of India Supplementary paper to the Vols. in âThe Fauna of British Indiaâ Series II part X with pl. C. J. Bombay Soc., 15: 206- 226
- Speidel, W. & Mey, W. (1999b) Catalogue of the oriental Acentropinae (Crambidae, Pyralidae). Tijdschr. v. Entomol. 142: 125-142, figs. 1-3.