Gargela xanthocasis Meyrick | The Pyralids of Borneo

Family: &nbsp; Crambidae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Crambinae
Tribe: &nbsp; Diptychophorini
Genus: &nbsp; Gargela
Distribution: India (S, N), Nepal, Thailand, W.Malaysia, Sabah, Brunei, Kalimantan Selatan, Indonesia (Seram, Sulawesi), PNG, New Ireland, Philippines, China, (W), Taiwan, Japan.
Habitat: Lowland to lower montane forest, 500-1440m.
Wing Length: 6mm

Taxonomy

The holotype of Mixophyla xanthocasis Meyrick, 1897c: 81, fig. 1 is from New Guinea.

Description

This morphotype is an unnamed Gargela series in the BMNH with a single sub-termenal black spot which matches exactly the description of G. xanthocasis in Meyrick, (1897c: 81, Fig1).

Gargela xanthocasis Meyrick specimen plate

References

Inoue, H., Sugi, S., Kuroko, H., Moriuti, S. & Kawabe, A., Moths of Japan 1: 303-307, 2: 27. 121, 126. 222-223, pls. 35-36, 277, 297 [in Japanese]. Tokyo: Kodansha.
Meyrick, E. (1897c) On Lepidoptera from the Malay Archipelago, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.: 69-92.