Hyalobathra illectalis Walker
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Pyraustinae
- Tribe: Portentomorphini
- Genus: Hyalobathra
- Distribution: Sri Lanka, India (NE), Burma, W. Malaysia, Singapore, Sabah, Brunei, Sarawak, Indonesia (Sumatra, Sulawesi, Irian Jaya (Fergusson Is.), PNG (Louisade Arch., Bismark Arch.), Australia, Fiji. Philippines, Taiwan.
- Habitat: Lowland to lower montane primary & disturbed forest (including canopy) & cultivated areas; <1000m.
- Wing Length: 14mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Botys illectalis Walker 1859: 658 is from W. Malaysia (Perak).
- syn. Botys niveicilialis Snellen, [1880]: 64. TL Sumatra Lectotype in RMNH Leiden;
- syn. Botys albofimbrialis Snellen, 1883: 128. TL Sumatra (Makassar) Male Lectotype in RMNH Leiden;
- syn. female paralectotype of Pionea schenklingi Strand 1918: 69. TL Taiwan. Stat. n. (Wang & Speidel 2000: 285).
Isocentris illectalis (Walker) Meyrick, 166. nec Walker, 1859: Viette 1949: 324, misident. = H. variabilis Clarke 1971: 61-63 pl. 61, fig 10g.
- Isocentris unicolor Warren 1895: 472. TL Australia (Q) was removed from syn. by Sutrisno & Horak (2003).
Description
This sp. is more evenly pale coloured and the linear markings are more sharply defined and continuous than in Hyalobathra coenostolalis Snellen. Hyalobathra sp, 2 may be a var. where the FW basal line is evenly curved, not angled centrally towards the FW tornus. See H. archeleuca Meyrick, 1885 which is similar but is less distinctly marked with dotted fasciae.
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References
- Snellen, P. C. T. ([1880] 1880-1892) Lepidoptera. In Veth, P. J., (1880-1892). Midden-Sumatra. 4 (8). 92 pp., 5 pl. Leiden.
- Snellen, P. C. T. (1883) IV Pyralidina 1, Lepidoptera van Celebes verzameld door M. C. Piepers, met aanteekeningen en beschrijving der nieuwe soorten. Tijdschr. v. Ent., 26: 119-144.
- Warren, W. (1895) LXIV New species of Pyralidae, Thyridiae and Epiplemidae. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 6, (16) (96): 460-477.
- Strand, E. (1918) in H. Sauter’s Formosa-Ausbeute: Pyralididae, Subfam. Pyraustinae., Dt. ent. Z. Iris, 32: 69.
- Gates-Clark, J.F. (1971) The Lepidoptera of Rapa Island, Smithsonian Contr. Zool. 56, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington. pp. 282 +iii.
- RTS 1994: 180, Pl. 30, fig.2.
- Wang, HsiauYue. & Speidel, W (2000) Guide Book to Insects in Taiwan (19). Pyraloidea (Pyralidae, Crambidae). Shu Shin Books, Taipei, Taiwan: pp. 295.
- Sutrisno H. & Horak M. (2003) Revision of the Australian species of Hyalobathra Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Pyraustinae) based on adult morphology and with description of a new species. Austr. J. Ent., 42 (3): 233-248.
- Meyrick, E. (1929b) Pacific Pyrales of the ‘St. George’ Expedition, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.: 155-169.
- Viette, Pierre E. L. (1949a) Catalogue of the Heterocerous Lepidoptera from French Oceania. Pacific Science, 3: 315-337.
- Walker, F. (1859d [May 10]) Pyralides, In; List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. Fourth Series 18: 509-799.