Parapoynx fluctuosalis Zeller
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Acentropinae
- Genus: Parapoynx
- Distribution: Neotropics, Africa (S, W), Madagascar, Sri Lanka, India (W. Bengal), Burma, Thailand, W. Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Sabah, Brunei, Sarawak, Labuan, Bali, Australia (Q), Hawaii. Philippines, Guam, China, Taiwan, Japan. Lowland ponds & lakes.
- Habitat: Adults have been trapped in a variety of biotopes
- Wing Length: 7mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Nymphula fluctuosalis Zeller, 1852: 27 is from Sri Lanka. comb. n. to Parapoynx (Zimmerman 1958: 267).
- syn. Paraponyx [sic] linealis Guenée, 1854: 271 TL East Indies (Shaffer et al., 1996);
- syn. Oligostigma chrysippusalis Walker 1859 TL China (Shaffer et al., 1996);
- syn. Oligostigma obitalis Walker, 1859c: 432 TL Sri Lanka (Shaffer et al., 1996);
- syn. Oligostigma curta Butler, 1879: 17. TL Hawaii. (Shaffer et al., 1996);
- syn. Nymphula luteivittalis Mabille, 1880: 26. TL Madagascar (Shaffer et al., 1996);
- syn. Paraponyx [sic] oryzalis Wood-Mason, 1885 TL Burma (Shaffer et al., 1996);
- syn. Hydrocampa rugosalis Möschler, 1890: 318. TL Portorico [Puerto Rico], syn. n. (Speidel & Mey, 1999)
Description
A distinctly patterned and widespread stripy sp. which may prove to be a complex. Sheppard et al., (1995: 7) report it as confused with P. stagnalis Zeller The Padi [or Rice] Case Worm which is a leaf feeder on Rice and causes loss of yield, although they are quite destinctive in appearance.
Life History
Larvae feed on Poacea [Graminae] and aquatic weeds especially Hydrilla spp.. Worldwide adventive with water plants.
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References
- Zeller, P. C., (1852) Lepidoptera Microptera, quae J. A. Wahlberg in Caffrorum terrae collegit. 120 pp. Stockholm.
- Guenée, A., (1854) in Boisduval, J. B. A. D. & Guenée, A., 1854. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères. 8 (Deltoides et Pyralites): 448 + 6 pp., 10 pl. Paris.
- Butler, A. G., (1879) On heterocerous Lepidoptera collected in the Hawaiian Islands by the Rev. T. Blackburn., Ent. mon. Mag. 15: 269-273.
- Mabille, P., 1880. Diagnoses Lepidopterum Malgassicorum. Ann. Soc. entomol. Belg. 23: xvi-xxvii.
- Wood-Mason, J. (1885) Some account of the 'Palan byoo' or 'Teindoung bo' (Paraponyx [sic] oryzalis), A lepidopterous insect - pest of the rice-plant in Burma which in the caterpillar stage breathes water by means of tracheal-gills: 1-12, pl. 1, figs 1-3. The Superintendent, Government Printing, Calcutta.
- Möschler, H. B., (1890) Die Lepidopteren-Fauna der Insel Portorico. Abh. Senck naturforsch. Ges., 16: 69-360, 2 pls.
- Zimmerman, E. C. (1958) Insects of Hawaii: Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea 8: 456 pp. Univ. of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.
- RTS (1994): 165, pl.28, fig.9.
- [RTS] Robinson, G.S., Tuck, K.R. & Shaffer, M. (1994) A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of South-East Asia, Malaysian Nature Society Kuala Lumpur & Natural History Museum, London, 311 pp. 51 text figs, 32 pls.
- Shaffer, M., & Nielsen, E.S. & Horak, M., (1996) Pyraloidea (In Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangji (Eds.) Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia: 164 - 199, CSIRO, Australia.
- Walker, F. (1859c). Pyralides. In; List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. 17: pp. i-iiv, 255-508.
- Speidel, W. & Mey, W. (1999b) Catalogue of the oriental Acentropinae (Crambidae, Pyralidae). Tijdschr. v. Entomol. 142: 125-142, figs. 1-3.