Perimeceta incrustalis Snellen | The Pyralids of Borneo

Family: &nbsp; Crambidae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Hoploscopinae
Genus: &nbsp; Perimeceta
Distribution: Thailand, W.
Habitat: Malaysia, Sabah, Brunei, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Seram, Ambon, Sulawesi), New Guinea, (Bismark Arch.), Australia (Q, NSW), lowland to submontane primary &amp; disturbed forest; &lt;1500m.
Wing Length: 12mm

Taxonomy

The male lectotype of Eudorina incrustalis Snellen, 1895: 119 from Java (W. Java, Preanger) is in the Leiden Museum. Lectotype selected by Munroe et al. (1958: 77).

syn. Phanerobela niphospila Turner, 1932: 189. T.L. Australia (Q., Dunk Is.).
- Syn. n. (Nuss, 1998: 507)

Stat. n. to Heliothelinae, Hoploscopini (Nuss, 1998)

Description

A boldly marked sp. FW dark brown with white spots. HW paler brown unmarked. It has a white ‘bib’ beneath its head. At least twelve other Perimeceta species are found in Australasia (RTS: 170).

Perimeceta incrustalis Snellen specimen plate

References

Snellen, P.C.T. (1895 [1896]) Aanteekeningen over Pyraliden. Tijdschr. v. Ent., 38: 103-161, pl. 5, 6.
Turner, A. J. (1932) Trans. proc. Roy. Soc. S. Aust., 56: 175-196.
Munroe, E.G., Diakonoff, A. & Martin, E.L. (1958) Catalogue of Snellen’s types of Pyralidae with selections of lectotypes. Tijdschr. v. Ent., 101 (2): 65-88.
[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.
[RTS] (1994): 170, pl.28, fig.20.
Nuss, M. (1998) The Scopariinae and Heliothelinae stat. rev. (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae) of the Oriental Region - a revisional synopsis with descriptions of new species from the Philippines and Sumatra. Nachr. des entomol. Ver. Apollo, Frankfurt a. M. suppl. 17: 475-528.