Camptomastix hisbonalis Walker
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Genus: Camptomastix
- Distribution: India (Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland), Nepal, Burma, Thailand, Sabah, Sarawak, Indonesia, PNG, Australia (NSW). China (Hong Kong), Taiwan, Japan.
- Habitat: Submontane forest & disturbed areas, 1500-1600m.
- Wing Length: 10mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Botys hisbonalis Walker, 1859: 707 is from Sarawak. The holotype #972 collected by A.R. Wallace, is in the Oxford U.M.N.H. comb. n. to Camptomastix Warren 1892: 439. Swinhoe (1906a: 286-287).
- syn. Botys pacalis Leech, 1889: 69 TS of Camptomastix Warren, 1892. Syn. n. Swinhoe (1906a: 286).
- syn. Diplotyla longipalpis Butler, 1889: 707. Syn. n. Swinhoe (1906a: 286).
- syn. Thliptoceras areolifera Strand 1918 [1919]: 64. T.L. Taiwan (Suisharyo, Chaiyi Co.). Syn. n. (Shibuya, 1928: 26)
Description
A sp. with short, broad, shiny, predominantly, grey-brown wings. There is a distinctive blackish, serrate, post median line bordered with white on the FW after the midpoint this is withrawn proximally and becomes much fainter but continues towards the anterior wing margin. The FW cell has a small, round, white spot which may be indistinct. Both wings have some small dark neural spots and fringes are chequered. The HW is mainly obscure but some specimens from Australia, which are more chestnut brown coloured, have some diffuse darker blotches on the HW. Note the distinctive forward pointing palpi. Wang & Speidel (2000: 192) illustrate the syntype Thliptoceras areolifera Strand.
References
- Butler, A.G. (1889) Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the British Museum. Part VII: iv, 124 pp., Pls 121-138.
- Strand, E. (1918 [1919]) in H. Sauter’s Formosa-Ausbeute Pyralidae, Subfam. Galleriinae, Schoenobiinae, Anerastiinae und Phycitinae. Stettin ent. Ztg, 79 (1): 248-276.
- Shibuya, J. (1928). The systematic study on the Formosan Pyralidae. Rep. Fac. Agric. Hokkaido Univ. 22 (1): 300 pp., pls. 1-9.
- Wang, HsiauYue. & Speidel, W (2000) Guide Book to Insects in Taiwan (19). Pyraloidea (Pyralidae, Crambidae). Shu Shin Books, Taipei, Taiwan: pp 295.
- Walker, F. (1859d [May 10]) Pyralides, In; List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. Ser. 4, 18: 509-798.
- Swinhoe, C., (1906a) XXXVI New and little known species of Heterocera from the East. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., Ser. 7, 17 (94): 283-297.