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Catagela sp. 1

  • Family: Crambidae
  • Subfamily: Schoenobiinae
  • Genus: Catagela
  • Distribution: Lowland; W.
  • Habitat: Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Sabah, Sarawak, Kalimantan Timur
  • Wing Length: 12mm

Taxonomy

Catagela sp. 1 is an unnamed series in the BMNH nr. C. adjurella Walker 1863: 191.

Description

The FW are chestnut brown slightly grey-brown proximally on the subcosta. There is a diffuse grey band extending diagonally from from the apex until it ends at a similar which extends up the middle of the wing from its base.

References

  • Common, I.F.B. (1960) A revision of the Australian stem borers hitherto referred to Schoenobius and Scirpophaga (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Schoenobiinae). Aust. j. Zool., 8:307-347 , figs

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