Pagyda poesalis Walker
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Pyraustinae
- Genus: Pagyda
- Distribution: Thailand, Singapore, Sabah, Brunei, Sarawak, Phillipines.
- Habitat: Lowland Primary forest, disturbed areas & oil palm plantation <630m
- Wing Length: 10mm
Taxonomy
The type locality of Botys poeasalis Walker, 1859: 717 is Sarawak. The male holotype collected by A.R. Wallace is type #1012 in the Oxford U.M.N.H.
- syn. poesalis Misspell. (LepIndex).
Treated in Pagyda (Globiz, LepIndex). Treated here as part of the Botys poeasalis group.
Description
An ochreous and orange sp. with distinctive silvery scale patches especially on wing margins. Pagyda lustralis Snellen, 1890: 615 is similar but has an overall silvery sheen as well as a silvery sub marginal area. See Pagyda sp. 1 and Daulia afralis Walker 1859. The males have the elongated abdomen typical of Pagyda spp.
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References
- Schulze, C.H. (2000) Auswirkungen anthropogener Störungen auf die DiversitÀt von Herbivoren. (Analys von Nachtfalterzönosen entlang von Habitatgradienten in Ost-Malaysia). Unpubl. PhD Thesis, University of Bayreuth, Germany, 350pp.
- Walker, F. (1859d [May 10]) Pyralides, In; List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. Ser. 4, 18: 509-798.
