Hyalobathra coenostolalis Snellen
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Pyraustinae
- Tribe: Portentomorphini
- Genus: Hyalobathra
- Distribution: India (Tamilnadu, Sikkim, NE), Burma, Sabah, Sarawak, Indonesia (Java). China (Yunnan), Taiwan.
- Habitat: Lowland forest including canopy; <580m.
- Wing Length: 10mm
Taxonomy
The male lectotype of Botys coenostolalis Snellen, 1890: 582 is from India, Sikkim.
Multiple misspell. as caenostolalis and incorrect references as Snellen, 1880 (Including (LepIndex).
- syn. Leucocraspeda udeoides (Hampson, 1891:134 pl.155 fig. 17) is from India (Nilgiris).
Description
The co-type from Sikkim (illustrated) has a pronounced dark orbicular blotch on the chestnut brown FW. Some specimens from Taiwan lack the dark blotching and are much brighter orange brown with a distinct yellowish orange patch near the FW tip. All specimens seen from Borneo (e.g. Schulze (2000) taxon #276) lack the dark blotching and most are rather dull brown and indistinctly marked (Schulze (2000) taxon #522). HSB-taxon P90 in the BRL RIS trap, morphoseries. These latter morphotypes may not be conspecific.
Ebulea [Pyrausta] obliquata Moore 1888: 224 may be a var.
References
- Moore, F. ([1888] 1887) Heterocera (3): 200-299, pls. 6-8. Heterocera continued (Pyralidae, Crambidae, Geometridae, Tortricidae, Tineidae). In: Hewitson & Moore (1879 - 1887) Descr. new Ind. lepid. Colln. late Mr. W.S.Atkinson, Asiatic Soc. Bengal, Taylor & Francis, London.
- Snellen, P. C. T. (1890) A catalogue of the Pyralidina of Sikkim collected by Henry J. Elwes and the late Otto Möller. Trans ent. Soc Lond: 557-647, 2 pl.
- Hampson,G.F. (1891) The Lepidoptera Heterocera of the Nilgiri district.. Ill. typ. spec. Lepid. Heteroc. coll. B.M., 8. 144 pp., pl. 139-156, London.
- Schulze, C.H. (2000) Auswirkungen anthropogener Störungen auf die DiversitÀt von Herbivoren. (Analys von Nachtfalterzönosen entlang von Habitatgradienten in Ost-Malaysia). Unpubl. PhD Thesis, University of Bayreuth, Germany, 350pp.
