Cydalima pajnii Kirti & Rose
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Tribe: Margaroniini
- Genus: Cydalima
- Distribution: India (Arunchal Pradesh), Nepal, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia (Sumatra, Sulawesi, Java, Borneo), Philippines, PNG Australia (Q.), Norfolk Is. China (Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Guizhou, Hong Kong), Taiwan.
- Habitat: Lowland <900m in China
- Wing Length: 14.5mm
Taxonomy
The male holotype of Palpita pajnii Kirti & Rose (1992: 72,73 figs 20-23) is from India (Arunachal Pradesh, Tirap, Diomali).
Description
A mainly shining white sp. The FW costa is narrowly brown. On the anterior subcosta are four small brownish spots. The one in the median position links to a central spot. On the HW is a very faint spot medially near the anterior edge and a more distinct black spot more centrally. The termenae of both wings have a series of black neural punctae near the base of the shining white fringes. Head vertex with pale green scales the sides of the white frons a fulvous. Abdomen white with long anal hair tufts fulvous near their base. Tibia of front legs fulvous and white banded. Kirti & Rose (1992, figs 20-23 illustrate the male and female genitalia. Very similar to Palpita [Cydalima] nigropunctalis Bremmer. A specimen from Australia (Q) has been DNA barcoded: BOLD Sample ID 10ANIC-10726 (Ratnasingham & Hebert, 2007). Included in the key to the spp. of Palpita found in India (Kirti & Rose, 1992: 63-65). [P. warrenalis, P. nigropunctalis, P. palpifulvata, P. annulata, P. pajnii, P. kiminensis, P. unionalis & P. hexcornutialis].
References
- Zhang, D.D. & Li, H.H. (2005) A taxonomic study on Palpita Hübner from China (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Pyraustinae, Spilomelini). Acta Zoo Sinica, 30 (1): 144-149.
- Ratnasingham, S. & Hebert, P.D.N.(2007) Barcoding - BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (www.barcodinglife.org), Molecular Ecology Notes (Journal compilation © 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.: 10 pp.
- Kirti, J.S. & Rose, H.S. (1992b) Studies on Indian species of the genus Palpita Hubner (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Pyraustinae): J. Ent. Res. 16 (1): 62-77.