Scirpophaga sp. 1 | The Pyralids of Borneo

Family: &nbsp; Crambidae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Schoenobiinae
Genus: &nbsp; Scirpophaga
Distribution: Sabah.
Habitat: Lowland wet padi.
Wing Length: 13mm

Taxonomy

Scirpophaga sp. 1 is an unidentified female specimen in Drawer 113 of the ARC Tuaran Collection.

Description

The shining white, silky wings are lightly spotted with bluish grey patches and some of the FW veins of this worn specimen show as black. The anal scale tuft is mainly very pale white-grey. Scirpophaga nivella Fabricius, 1794 is very similar but the anal tuft scales of that species are usually orange with white bases.

Life History

Associated with Rice, Oryza sativa (Graminae)

References

Fabricius, J. C. 1794. Entomologica systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adiectis synonymis, locia, observationibus, descriptionibus. 349 pp. Hafniae et Kiliae. Impensis C. G. Proft et C.F. Mohr. [in Latin]
Lewvanich, A. (1981) A revision of the old world species of Scirpophaga (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 42 (4): 185-298.