Cangetta hartoghialis Snellen

Taxonomy

The male holotype of Paraponyx [sic] hartoghialis Snellen, 1872: 97-98, pl. 7 figs 14-15) is in RMNH Leiden. T.L. Africa (D.R. Congo, Banana).

See note 1 on syns. (below)

• syn. Paraponyx griseolalis Hampson 1893: 176, pl. 174, fig. 12. TL Sri Lanka. It is the TS of Cangetta Moore, 1886: 314 The type is in the BMNH.
• syn. Cangetta rectilinea Moore [1886]: 314-315, pl. 182, fig. 8. Stat. n. as a syn of Paraponyx hartoghialis Snellen, 1872 (Snellen 1900 [1901]: 291).
• syn. Diathraustodes leucotrigona Hampson, 1896: 233 The type, from India (Nilgiris), is in the BMNH. Stat. n. as a junior subjective syn. [It may be a good spp.]

Because of their long spindly legs and delicate appearance many of these small spp. were classified with the Nymphulinae [Acentropinae] and then the Endotrichinae until relatively recently.

Note 1.

This sp. is incorrectly shown as a junior subjective syn. of Cangetta eschata Gates-Clarke 1986 (: 81 fig. 55, 280c) in the LepIndex. A note on the LepIndex card suggests it is a syn. of [Cangetta] rectilinea. It is, however, the senior subjective synonym. LepIndex also cites the incorrect reference for Snellen 1872. These errors are in part a continuum of uncertain or erroneous syns. starting with Swinhoe (1901b: 135) who published the first list of possible syns. Referring to Snellen in lit. [probably Snellen 1900 [1901]: 291.]

Description

A mainly brown sp. FW crossed by darker straight antemedian and postmedian lines the latter with a diffuse pale patch proximally. The FW has a dark spot in the cell. The FW apex also has a pale patch and there are small blackish spots on the anterior wing margins. The specimens from Borneo and Japan have smaller areas of white than those from India. See Inoue (1982: 324-333, Pl. 38, fig. 69). Schulze (2000) ‘Spilomelini sp. 35’ taxon #486.

References

• Snellen, P.C.T. (1872) Bijdrage tot de Vlinder-fauna van Neder-Guinea. Tijdschr. v. Ent., 15: 1-110, pls. 1-8. [in Dutch]
• Hampson, G. F. (1893) The Macrolepidoptera Heterocera of Ceylon. Ill. typ. spec. Lepid. Heteroc. coll. B.M., 9. v + 182 pp., pls. 157-176. Taylor & Francis, 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.
• Snellen, P.C.T., (1900 [1901]) Aanteekeningen over Pyraliden., Tijdschr. v. Ent., 43: 265-310, pl. 15-17. [in Dutch]
• Inoue, H. (1982) Pyralidae. In Inoue H., Sugi S., Kuroko H.,Moriuti S. & Kawabe A. (eds): Moths of Japan 1, 2. Kodansha, Tokyo, 307-404 pp. (vol. 1), 223-254; pls 36-48, 228, 296-314 (vol. 2).
• Gates-Clark, J.F. (1986) Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago. Smithsonian Contr. Zool. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington. 416, iii + 485pp.
• Schulze, C.H. (2000) Auswirkungen anthropogener Störungen auf die Diversität von Herbivoren. (Analys von Nachtfalterzönosen entlang von Habitatgradienten in Ost-Malaysia). Unpubl. PhD Thesis, University of Bayreuth, Germany, 350pp.
• Swinhoe, C. (1901b) XX Little known moths from India and Australia, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., Ser.7, 8 (94): 123-139.