Uresiphita quinquigera Moore
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Pyraustinae
- Genus: Uresiphita
- Distribution: India (W. Bengal), Thailand, Brunei, Sabah, China (Hong Kong), Taiwan, Japan.
- Habitat: Primary & disturbed forest, cultivated areas <630m.
- Wing Length: 12mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Samea quinquigera Moore, 1888: 207, pl. 7, fig. 14 is from India (Darjeeling). comb. n. to Uresiphita Hübner, 1825 as good sp. (Inoue et al. 1982).
ms comb. rev. to Ategumia (Shaffer 1999, note on LepIndex card).
comb. n. to Mecyna [ = a junior homonym of Uresiphita Hübner] Wang & Speidel (2000: 101, fig.).
Description
This is a common cream and brown Asian sp., very similar to Ategumia adipalis Lederer, 1863. A. adipalis has a great variabilty of pattern, but the FW is broader [squarer] and the apices are more rounded than in this sp. where the wings are more elongate and the apices are pointed. The abdomen has a pale base and in the male it is elongated and the protruding valvae have short dark hair scales.
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References
- Hübner, J., ([1825] 1816-1826) Verz. bekannt. Schmett.: 348 pp Augsburg.
- Inoue, H. (1982) Pyralidae. In Inoue H., Sugi, S., Kuroko, H., Moriuti S. & Kawabe, A. (eds): Moths of Japan 1, 2; 307-404 pp. (Vol. 1), 223–254; pls 36–48, 228, 296-314 (Vol. 2) Kodansha, Tokyo. [in Japanese]
