Pagyda botydalis Snellen
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Pyraustinae
- Genus: Pagyda
- Distribution: Sri Lanka, India (Sikkim), Singapore, Sabah, Indonesia (Sumatra), Australia.
- Habitat: Taiwan. Lowland to lower montane forest; <1500m.
- Wing Length: 9mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Glyphodes botydalis Snellen, [1880] 1880-1892: 69 from Sumatra (Sungei Aboc) is in the RMNH Leiden.
- syn. Pagyda aurantialis Hampson, 1893: 163, pl. 173, fig. 17. TL Sri Lanka (Shaffer et al., 1996).
Description
A white and pale orange marked sp. In some examples the pale areas may be slightly purple tinged. Note the broad submedian facia edged by a broken or jagged submarginal line on the FW. In some specimens this presents a coronate appearance. On the HW the antemedian line runs to the tornus and the submarginal line ends well before the tornus. See Wang & Speidel (2000: 291 & fig.). In some specimens the patchy post median fascia of the FW may be less distinct. The males have the elongated abdomen typical of Pagyda spp.
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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.
- Hampson, G. F. (1893) The Macrolepidoptera Heterocera of Ceylon. Ill. typ. spec. Lepid. Heteroc. coll. B.M., 9. 182 pp., pl. 157-176. London.
- 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.
- Wang, Hsiau Yue & Speidel, W (2000) Guide Book to Insects in Taiwan (19). Pyraloidea (Pyralidae, Crambidae). Shu Shin Books, Taipei, Taiwan: pp. 295.