Cirrhochrista minuta Swinhoe | The Pyralids of Borneo

Family: &nbsp; Crambidae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Spilomelinae
Tribe: &nbsp; Margaroniini
Genus: &nbsp; Cirrhochrista
Distribution: Burma, Thailand, W.
Habitat: Malaysia, Brunei, Sabah (Labuan), Taiwan; Lowland.
Wing Length: 7mm

Taxonomy

The female holotype of Cirrhochrista minuta Swinhoe, 1902a: 181 is from Sabah (Labuan). (Everett's specimen). It is in the BMNH.

Description

This is probably the smallest of the Cirrhochrista spp. The wings are mainly silvery white. The FW costa is fulvous and dark brown, as are the slightly serrate termenal submarginal areas of both wings. The narrow transverse sub-apical line of the FW is the only fasciation to cross the wings although there is a small fulvous mark at the median position of the subcosta. Note the long, furry, forward pointing palpi.

Cirrhochrista minuta Swinhoe specimen plate

References

Swinhoe (1902a) XXVIII Descriptions of new Eastern and Australian Moths Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., Ser.7, 9 (49): 165-182.