Teratauxta paradoxa Hering
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Acentropinae
- Genus: Teratauxta
- Distribution: Thailand, W.Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Sabah, Brunei, Sarawak, Sumatra, Siberut; Lowland and hill primary and disturbed forest (inc.
- Habitat: canopy) <1600m
- Wing Length: 8.5mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Teratauxta paradoxa Hering, 1901: 345 is from Sumatra.
Subfamilial placement is uncertain. It is mostly treated in the Acentropinae but Yoshiyasu (1989: 129) in his re-description considered it a 'Pyraustid'.
Description
An unmistakeable sp. in browns and fawns. The FW costa is distorted creating a pair of ‘eyebrows’ with the white patches of the FW. The HW fringe has unique dentate markings. The filiform antenae have a bulbous base and are extraordinarily long, over twice the wing length. Schulze (2000) taxon #462. See RTS (1994: 168-169,pl.28, fig. 16).
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References
- Yoshiyasu, Y., (1987) The Nymphulinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Thailand, with descriptions of a new genus and six new species. - In Kuroko, H. & Moriuti, S. (eds.) Microlepidoptera of Thailand 1: 133-184.
- Yoshiyasu, Y., 1989. Agassiziella nom. nov., a replacement name for Agassizia Yoshiyasu, 1987 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). In Kuroko, H. & Moriuti, S. (eds.) Microlepidoptera of Thailand 2: 169pp.
- [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): 168, pl. 28, fig.16.
- Schulze, C.H. (2000) Auswirkungen anthropogener Störungen auf die Diversität von Herbivoren. (Analys von Nachtfalterzönosen entlang von Habitatgradienten in Ost-Malaysia). Unpubl. PhD Thesis, University of Bayreuth, Germany: 350 pp.
- Herring, E.M. (1901b) Eubersicht der Sumatra-Pyralidae, Stett. Entomol. Zeit., 62 (6-12): 219-348, pls. 3,4.