Hendecasis hampsoni South

Taxonomy

The holotype of Trichophysetis hampsoni South, 1901: 420, pl. 14, fig. 28. is from China (Ichang [Yichang]).

Comb. n. to Hendecasis (Shibuya, 1928: 23).

The generic concepts represented by Trichophysetis (Meyrick 1884: 287) and Hendecasis Hampson, (1896: 140) are uncertain. Roger Kendrick was uncertain as to whether the sp. should be regarded as one (hampsoni), or a complex (hampsoni group). Here we treat it as part of a wider H. hampsoni group.

Description

A silvery, thin-scaled, delicate moth with a distinctive pointed wing shape and patterning. Hendecasis sp. 5 lacks the paired spots at the base of the FW and has a different lineation.

References

• Meyrick, E. (1884) On the classification of the Australian Pyralidina, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond.: 61-88, 277-350.
• 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.
• South, R. (1901) Lepidoptera: Heterocera from China, Japan and Corea, Pt.V., with description of new species, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.,1901
• Shibuya, J. (1928). The systematic study on the Formosan Pyralidae. Rep. Fac. Agric. Hokkaido Univ. 22 (1): 300 pp., pls. 1-9.
• [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): 174, pl. 29, fig.9.
• Wang, HsiauYue. & Speidel, W (2000) Guide Book to Insects in Taiwan (19). Pyraloidea (Pyralidae, Crambidae). Shu Shin Books, Taipei, Taiwan: pp 295.