Conogethes haemactalis Snellen

Taxonomy

The holotype of Conogethes haemactalis Snellen, 1890: 592, is from Sikkim. Comb. rev. to Conogethes (Shaffer et al. 1996). The male lectotype selected by Munroe et al. (1958: 76) is in the BMNH.

• syn. Conogethes nubifera T.P. Lucas, 1892: 264, TL Brisbane (Birpengarry). Syn, n. Shaffer et al. (1996);
• syn. Conogethes haplosema Turner MS name? (LepIndex).

Description

Similar in general spot pattern to C. punctiferalis Guenée, 1854: 320 but characterised by the markings being a purplish-red. Variation of spotting and lineation occurs there may be extensive reddish purple blotchings or reduced definition of spots. A lightly marked specimen from Singapore is illustrated. A similar unnamed morphotype from Irian Jaya (Utakwa River, Snow Mountains) with extensive red suffusion on the basal and distal areas of the FW was seen in the BMNH.

References

• Guenée, A. (1854) Deltoïdes et pyralites. In Boisduval, J.A. & Guenée, A., Hist. nat. des Insectes (Spec. gén. Lépid.) Vol. 8, 448pp. + 10 pls., Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris.
• Lucas, T.P. (1892) On twenty new species of Australian Lepidoptera Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. N.S. 2 (7): 249-266.
• Munroe, E.G., Diakonoff, A. & Martin, E.L. (1958) Catalogue of Snellen’s types of Pyralidae with selections of lectotypes. Tijdschr. v. Ent., 101 (2): 65-88.
• Shaffer, M., & Nielsen, E.S. & Horak, M. (1996) Pyraloidea (In Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangji (Eds.), Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia; 164-199, CSIRO, Australia.
• Snellen, P.C.T. (1890b) XVIII A catalogue of the Pyralidina of Sikkim collected by Henry J. Elwes and the late Otto Möller. Trans ent. Soc Lond: 557-647, 2 pl. (XIX & XX).