Herdonia sp. 1 | The Pyralids of Borneo

Family: &nbsp; Thyrididae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Siculodinae
Tribe: &nbsp; Siculodini
Genus: &nbsp; Herdonia
Distribution: W. Malaysia.
Habitat: Hill forest and disturbed areas; 600m.
Wing Length: 40mm

Taxonomy

W. Malaysia, GTE. Herdonia sp. 1 is an unnamed specimen from GTE in the HSB Coll.

Description

Male antennae narrowly laminate. Similar to Herdonia sp. 2 but the wing shape is different (FW not falcate, termen rounded) and the patterning is subtly different. FW with typical Herdonia patterning superficially similar to H. thielei(141). FW with a greyish translucent patch across the cell and a small square brown patch near the distal part of the termen. The HW has a small faintly strigillate red-brown basal fascia.