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Pagyda sp. 4

  • Family: Crambidae
  • Subfamily: Pyraustinae
  • Genus: Pagyda
  • Distribution: Brunei, Solomon Is., China, Japan.
  • Habitat: Lowland.
  • Wing Length: 13mm

Taxonomy

Pagyda sp. 4. This specimen has been DNA barcoded in the BOLD Barcode of Life Data System as Pagyda ochrealis Wileman, 1911:375. Its exact identity is uncertain and a verified illustration of the holotype of Pagyda ochrealis Wileman, 1911:375 is needed for comparison.

Description

Do not confuse with Phlyctaenodes ochrealis Wileman, 1911: 384 TL Japan; which is a junior subjective syn of Pionea [Ecpyrrhorrhoe] puralis South, 1901: 4.

References

  • Wileman, A. E. (1911) XV New and unrecorded species of Lepidoptera Heterocera from Japan, Tr. Roy. Ent. Soc. 59 (2): 189-407, pls. 30, 31.

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