Mabra eryxalis Walker | The Pyralids of Borneo

Family: &nbsp; Crambidae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Pyraustinae
Genus: &nbsp; Mabra
Distribution: Sri Lanka, India, Burma, Sabah, Sarawak, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java), Philippines, Taiwan, China, Japan. Australia (Q).
Habitat: Lowland; secondary vegetation, gardens.
Wing Length: 6mm

The holoype of Asopia eryxalis Walker, 1859: 371 from Sri Lanka is in the BMNH;

syn. Botys velatalis Snellen, 1892: 63 Pl. 5 fig. 4. TL Indonesia, Sumatra, Ringkiang Loeloes; Silago. The male lectotype is in RMNH Leiden;
syn. Streptobela crocobaphes Turner, 1937: 81, TL Australia (Kuranda). Syn. n. (Shaffer et al., 1996).

A small orange sp. with darker submarginal lines and a brownish suffusion on the central area of both wings.

Snellen, P. C. T. ([1892] 1880-1892) Lepidoptera. In Veth, P. J., (1880-1892). Midden-Sumatra. 4 (2). 63 Pl. 5 fig. 4. Leiden.
Turner, A. J. (1937) New Australian Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera). Proc. Roy. Soc. Qd., 48: 61-88.
Shaffer, M. & Nielsen, E.S. (1996) In Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangji, R.V. (Eds.) Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia, 66: 161- 163, CSIRO, Australia.
Walker, F. (1859c) Pyralides. In; List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. 17: 255-508.