Oligostigma argyropis Meyrick

Taxonomy

Oligostigma argyropis Meyrick (Meyrick, 1894: 473) TL Celebes [Sulawesi]. comb. n. to Eoophyla (Speidel & Mey, 1999b).

Description

A species with pink-brown and white markings on both wings. The FW has an even-width orange subtermenal band bordered by narrow black lines and narrow white band proximally. There are also narrow white post-median and ante-median lines on the FW, The HW has three marginal eyespots on the HW which are bordered proximally by a narrow orange band. The frons is brown with white margins. The thorax is similar. The abdomen is a similar shade of brown with white intersegmental membranes.

References

• Meyrick, E. (1894) XVIII On Pyralidina from the Malay Archipelago, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1894: 455-480.
• Speidel, W. & Mey, W. (1999b) Catalogue of the oriental Acentropinae (Crambidae, Pyralidae). Tijdschr. v. Entomol. 142: 125-142, figs. 1-3.