Analyta sigulalis Guenée
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Genus: Analyta
- Distribution: Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh Nepal, Sabah, Indonesia (Amboina), Salayer, Amboina, PNG, Australia (Q).Taiwan, China (Hong Kong, S, W).
- Habitat: Lowland forest <650m.
- Wing Length: 7mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Leucinodes sigulalis Guenée, 1854: 223 is from Bangladesh (Sylhet).
- Leucinodes heranicealis Walker, 1859: 394-395. TL Sarawak may be syn. but treated as a good sp. in Globiz. The holotype [Type #1132] collected by A.R. Wallace is in Oxford U.M.N.H.
- Leucinodes apicalis Hampson, 1896: 371 may be syn. (Shaffer note on LepIndex card) but until this is verified the two are treated here as a good spp.
The A. apicalis group is in need of further revision and we are tentatively treating Leucinodella as Nistra Walker, 1859c.
Description
A thinly scaled, mainly white sp. FW with black tip and basal area. In a. apicalis the HW has a small black spot at the apex in A. leucostola there is a diffuse black patch. Agrotera leucostola Hampson, 1896, A. apicalis Hampson, 1896 and A. sigulalis Guenée, 1854 are very similar.
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References
- Guenée, A. (1854) Deltoïdes et pyralites. In Boisduval, J.A. & Guenée, A., Hist. nat. des Insectes (Spec. gén. Lépid.) Vol. 8, 448pp. + 10 pls., Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris.
- Hampson,G.F. (1891) The Lepidoptera Heterocera of the Nilgiri district. Ill. typ. spec. Lepid. Heteroc. coll. B.M., 8. 144 pp., pl. 139-156, London.
- Hampson, G.F. (1896) Moths, Vol. IV, In Blandford, W.T. (ed.), The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, W.T., Taylor and Francis, London: xxiii + 594pp.
- Shibuya, J. (1928). The systematic study on the Formosan Pyralidae. Rep. Fac. Agric. Hokkaido Univ. 22 (1): 300 pp., pls. 1-9.