Hendecasis duplifascialis Hampson

Taxonomy

Trichophysetis duplifascialis Hampson, 1891:141, pl. 156, fig. 18.

• comb. n. to Hendecasis (In LepIndex)

The generic concepts represented by Trichophysetis (Meyrick 1884: 287) and Hendecasis Hampson, (1896: 140) are uncertain.

Description

A very distinctive delicate pale cream and reddish suffused moth. The wing shape and lineation distinguish it. The Jasmine Budworm. P312 In the HSB BRL morphoseries. Schulze (2000) Taxon #661. Differs from Hendecasis sp. 1 and H. Hampsoni which have pointed FW apices.

Life History

The ‘jasmine budworm’. A pest of Jasminum sambac and in fruits of J. meyeri-johannis & J. fluminense (Oleaceae) (Copeland et al., 2004).

References

• Meyrick, E. (1884) On the classification of the Australian Pyralidina, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond.: 61-88, 277-350.
• Hampson, G. F. (1891) The Lepidoptera Heterocera of the Nilgiri district. Ill. typ. spec. Lepid. Heteroc. coll. B.M., 8. iv + 144 pp., pls. 139-156, Taylor & Francis, London.
• Hampson, G.F. (1896) Moths, Vol. IV, In Blandford, W.T. (ed.), The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, W.T., Taylor and Francis, London: xxiii + 594pp.
• [RTS] 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.
• [RTS] (1994): 175, pl. 27, fig.18.
• Copeland, R.S., White, I. M., Peris-Machera, M-O & Wharton, R.A. (2004) Insects Associated with Fruits of the Oleaceae (Asteridae, Lamiales) in Kenya, with Special Reference to the Tephritidae (Diptera) Bishop Museum Bull. Ent. 12: 135-164.