Agrioglypta zelimalis Walker
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Tribe: Margaroniini
- Genus: Agrioglypta
- Distribution: Sri Lanka, India (Sikkim, Assam), Thailand, W. Malaysia, Singapore, Sabah, Sarawak, Indonesia (Sumatra, W. Java, Selayer), PNG, Australia.
- Habitat: Lowland primary & disturbed forest. Occasional in disturbed areas <580m
- Wing Length: 12-14mm
Taxonomy
The female holotype of Glyphodes zelimalis Walker, 1859: 502 from arawak, is in UM Oxford. The type #1120 was collected by A.R. Wallace.
As Agrioglypta in Globiz.
Description
Superficially similar to A. malayana and other members of the Agrioglypta -Talanga group with two large white areas on the FW. The HW has a large white basal area and margins with brown and iridescent purplish submarginal bands. Somewhat more ochreous than other agrioglypta spp. The head thorax and abdomen are pale ochreous with fulvous longitudinal bands. Note the similar fulvous longitudinal bands on very long white tegulae. It is easily distinguished by the antemedian white area of the FW which forms a broad white diagonal band.
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References
- Walker, F. (1859c) Pyralides. In; List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. Ser. 4, 17: 255-508.
