Eurrhyparodes bracteolalis Zeller

Taxonomy

The holotype of Botys bracteolalis Zeller 1852 (30-31) is from [South Africa], at Limpopo and Orange Rivers [in tractibus fluviorum Limpoponis et Gariepis]. The female holotype is in the SBMNH.

• syn. bracteolatis (T. P. Lucas, 1892: 92) Misspell.
• syn. Eurrhyparodes bracteolalis var. mambarelis Strand, 1920: 136-137 (infrasubsp.) T.L.: PNG [Brit. New Guinea], Mambare River, Biagi.
• syn. Eurrhyparodes stibialis Snellen, 1880: 216, T.L. Indonesia, (Sulawesi [Celebes], Makassar);
• syn. Isopteryx accessalis Walker, 1859: 405. T.L. China, (Shanghai).
• syn. Botys confusalis Warren, 1896: 218 (as syn in Shaffer et al. 1996). TL Meghalaya (Khasia Hills);
• syn. Isopteryx plumbalis Guenée, 1854: 231 (as syn in Shaffer et al. 1996). TL [Africa];
• syn. Isopteryx accessalis Walker, 1859: 47 (as syn in Shaffer et al. 1996). TL China;
• syn. Eurrhyparodes stibialis Snellen, 1880: 216 (as syn in Shaffer et al. 1996). TL Sulawesi. TS of Eurrhyparodes Snellen;
• syn. Eurrhyparodes mambarelis Strand, 1920: 136 (as syn in Shaffer et al. 1996). TL New Guinea (Biagi, Mambara River). Infrasubsp. as a var.;

There may be an undescribed sp. which could be causing the confusion between E. tricoloralis and E. bracteolalis (Zeller 1852) and their syntypes should be re-assessed.

Description

The wings are entirely brown and yellow The HW being mostly yellow with brown at the margins. E. tricoloralis  is very similar and can be confused with this sp. but it has more dark marking and also patches of light scattering scales which appear as blue patches when viewed obliquely. The wings of E. bracteolalis are slightly different in shape from tricoloralis. (see RTS, 1994 :182)

References

• Guenée, M. A. (1854) Deltoïdes et pyralites. In Boisduval, J.A. & Guenée, A., Hist. nat. des Insectes (Spec. gén. Lépid.) Vol. 8, 448pp. + 10 pls., Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris.
• [RTS] (1994): 182, pl. 30, fig. 9.
• Shaffer, M., & Nielsen, E.S. & Horak, M. (1996) Pyraloidea (In Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangji (Eds.)), Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia; 164-199, CSIRO, Australia.
• Strand, E. (1920) In H. Sauter's Formosa-ausbeute: Noctuidae II Nebst nachträgen zu den familien Arctiidae, Lymantriidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Thyrididae, Pyralidae, Tortricidae, Gelechiidae un Oecophoridae, Arch. Naturgesch. 84 A (12) : 102-197.
• Snellen, P.C.T., (1879 [1880]) Nieuwe Pyraliden op het eiland Celebes gevonden door Mr. M. C. Piepers. Tijdschr. v. Ent., 23: 198-250. [in Dutch] Walker, F. (1859c) Pyralides. In; List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. Ser. 4, 17: 255-508.
• Warren, W. (1896d) XXXIII New species of moths from the Khasia Hills, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 18 (105): 214-232. Zeller, P.C. (1852a) Lepidoptera Microptera quae J. A. Wahlberg in Caffrorum terra legit, Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Söner. 120 pp.
• Robinson, G. S., Tuck, K. R. & Shaffer, M. (1994) A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of South-East Asia, Malaysian Nature Society Kuala Lumpur & Natural History Museum, London, 311 pp. 51 text figs, 32 pls.'