Cirrhochrista semibrunnea Hampson

Taxonomy

The holotype of Cirrhochrista semibrunnea Hampson, 1896: 918 is from Bhutan.

Description

A primarily brown and white sp. with a distinctive FW patterning where the brown subapical, sub-termenal and basal fasciae delineate four white patches. The HW has a small brown subtermenal patch like Cirrhochrista sp. 1., unlike the HW of C. disparalis which has a broad brown subtermenal band. Like Cirrhochrista disparalis Walker, 1865 [1866] the abdomen has the two basal segments white laterally, with a slightly broadening dark orange-centred mid-dorsal fascia the remaining segments have nearly all the dorsal fasciae dark. The FW of C. disparalis which has a figure of eight shaped white patch flanked by apical and basal, white areas.. Cirrhochrista sp. 1 has a FW which is very similar to C. disparalis. Chen et al. (2006: 105 fig. 15) figure the female genitalia. The male appears to be un-reported. Not recorded in Borneo.

References

• Walker, F. (1865 [1866 Jan 13]) List Spec Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. 34, (Suppl. 4): 1121-1533.
• Hampson, G. F., (1895 [1896]) On the classification of the Schoenobiinae and Crambinae, two subfamilies of moths of the family Pyralidae. Proc. Zool Soc. London 1895: 5: 897-974.
• Chen, F., Song, S. & Wu, C. (2006a) A review of genus Cirrhochrista Lederer in China (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Schoenobiinae), Oriental Insects, 40: 97-105.