Picrostomastis quadrovata Warren
- Family: Thyrididae
- Subfamily: Siculodinae
- Tribe: Siculodini
- Genus: Picrostomastis
- Distribution: Thailand, Sumatra, W. Malaysia, Brunei, Sabah, Sarawak, Java, Sulawesi, East Timor, West Papua, PNG, New Britain.
- Habitat: Lowland forest; <500m.
- Wing Length: 40mm
Taxonomy
C. J. Brooks Specimen #2277; Sarawak, Bidi. The female holotype of Pharambara quadrovata (Warren 1896c: 343) from East Timor (Oinainisa) and a paratype from Brunei are in the NHM (Mi7352).
- syn. Picrostomastis leucoschista Meyrick 1934:443. TL Java is in the NHM (Mi7352).
- syn. Hypolamprus unicolor Warren, 1897:381. TL E. Timor (Oinainisa) is in the NHM (Mi7352).
Description
A large indistinctly marked, pale silky fawn species with a distinct diagonal cream median band on the HW. It also often has a short black bar or triangle between M1& M2 (RTS:132). . Very similar to P.marginepunctalis but that is much smaller and lacks the pale median band on the HW.
Life History
Meyrick, (1934:443) records the holotype of P. leucoschista [quadrovata] as originating from a twig-boring larva in Glochidion sp. (Euphorbiaceae).
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