Agrotera basinotata Walker
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Tribe: Agroterini
- Genus: Agrotera
- Distribution: Sri Lanka, Kalimantan Timur, Sumatra Sumbawa, Sulawesi, PNG.
- Wing Length: 10mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Nistra coelatalis Walker 1859c: 488 is from Sri Lanka.
- syn. Botys proximalis Walker (1866] 1865: 1434. The type is in the UM Oxford. TL Sula (LepIndex)
Description
The wings are pale yellow with two brown lines. The forewings are partly brownish along the costa with a diffuse purplish tinge in the disc and metallic-purple at the base. The hindwings are metallic-purple at the tips and a metallic-purple patch on each side of the interior angle.
References
- Walker ([1866 Jan 13]1865) List Spec Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. 34, (Suppl. 4): 1121-1533.
- Walker, F. (1859c) Pyralides. In; List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. Ser. 4, 17: 255-508.
