Hydrorybina polusalis Walker
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Odontiinae
- Genus: Hydrorybina
- Distribution: Sri Lanka, India (S., Sikkim, Assam), Nepal, Burma, Laos, W. Malaysia, Sarawak, Indonesia (Sulawesi Sumbawa, Seram), East Timor, PNG (Fergusson Is.), Australia (Q).
- Habitat: Lowland.
- Wing Length: 10mm
Taxonomy
The female holotype of Botys polusalis Walker, 1859: 703 is in the UMNH Oxford. The type number 971 was collected by A. R. Wallace in Sarawak. As Hydrorybina in Shaffer et al., 1996.
Description
The rusty red colour of the wing bases fades to purple on the wing margins. The patterning is simple with narrow curving, brown submedian and post-median lines on the FW and a single straight narrow brown submarginal line on the HW which finishes about halfway across the wing where the basal area is pale.
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References
- Shaffer, M., & Nielsen, E.S. & Horak, M., (1996) Pyraloidea (In Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangji (Eds.) Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia: 164 - 199, CSIRO, Australia.
- Robinson, G.S., Ackery, P.R., Kitching, I.J., Beccaloni, G.W. & Hernández, L.M. (2001) Hostplants of the moth and butterfly caterpillars of the Oriental Region. 744 pp. BMNH & Southdene Sdn Bhd, Kuala Lumpur.
- Walker, F. (1859d [May 10]) Pyralides, In; List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. Fourth Series 18: 509-799.