Hemopsis dissipatalis Lederer

Taxonomy

The holotype of Botys dissipatalis Lederer, 1863c: 478, Pl. 11, fig. 13 is from Ambon. comb. n. to Uresiphita (Inoue et al. 1982 (1): 358; (2): 238, 454.). ms comb. n. transfer to Ategumia (Shaffer 1988 note on LepIndex card). Designated as the TS of Hemopsis by Kirti & Rose 1987.

Description

Dark shiny brown with pale yellow patches. There are broad yellow post median band on both wings In fresh specimens they are yellow to cream coloured but this fades to white. The head, thorax and abdomen are dull brown the latter with pale intersegmental rings Inoue et al. (1982, pl. 42, fig. 33.) provides an illustration of the female but The image on Inoue Plate 42, fig.33 which is slightly different from the morphotypes from HK we use as an illustration. They could be  a separate sp. The genus Hemopsis contains many undescribed or poorly designated spp..

References

• Inoue, H. (1982) Pyralidae. In Inoue H., Sugi S., Kuroko H.,Moriuti S. & Kawabe A. (eds): Moths of Japan 1, 2; Kodansha, Tokyo, 307-404 pp. (Vol. 1), 223–254; pls 36–48, 228, 296-314 (Vol. 2).
• Kirti J. S. & Rose H. S. (1987) Taxonomic status of two north-eastern India species referred to genus Sylepta Hübner with the proposal of a new genus Hemopsis. Entomon 12 (4): 379-383.
• Schulze, C.H. (2000) Auswirkungen anthropogener Störungen auf die Diversität von Herbivoren. (Analys von Nachtfalterzönosen entlang von Habitatgradienten in Ost-Malaysia). Unpubl. PhD Thesis, University of Bayreuth, Germany: 350 pp.
• Lederer, J. (1863c [Nov]) Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Pyralidinen. Wien. entomol. Monat. 7 (11): 379-426, pl. 2-18..