Oligostigma syagrusalis Walker

Taxonomy

The holotype of Cataclysta syagrusalis Walker, 1859c: 953 from Sarawak is in the Oxford UMNH. The type #918 was caught by A.R. Wallace.

• syn. Oligostigma syagrusale Hampson, 1897b: 168. Subs. Misspell.
• syn. Oligostigma melanodes Meyrick, 1894a: 473. syn. n. (Hampson, 1896b: 168).
• syn. Musotima fuscalis Snellen [1901] 1900: 298, pl. 17, figs 2,3. TL Java.

The male type is in Leiden. As Oligostigma in Lepindex.

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

• Hampson, G.F. (1897b) On the classification of two subfamilies of moths of the Family Pyralidae; the Hydrocampinae and Scoparianae. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1897 (7): 127-240.
• Snellen, P. C. T., ([1901] 1900) Aanteekeningen over Pyraliden., Tijdschr. v. Ent. 43: 265-310, pl. 15-17.
• Meyrick, E. (1894a) On Pyralidina from the Malay Archipelago. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.: 455-480.
• Walker, F. (1859c) List spec. lep. Ins. B.M.,19: pp. i-iv. 799-1036. London.