Gargela renatusalis Walker
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Crambinae
- Tribe: Diptychophorini
- Genus: Gargela
- Distribution: Borneo only. Sabah, Brunei, Sarawak, Kalimantan Berat.
- Habitat: Lowland to submontane; <1300m.
- Wing Length: 6mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Zabronia renatusalis Walker, 1859: 484, is from Sarawak and is in the U.M. Oxford.
Description
Most Gargela species are undescribed. The BMNH has a long series of superficially similar specimens with a range from circum Bengal to China and Australasia. Most species have unique FW patterns within a broadly similar pattern scheme. The mainly white FW generally have dark angled median and postmedian lines and the veins are often picked out with bright yellow. The HWs are usually pearly white. In renatusalis the median fascia enlarges as a small triangular patch on the FW rear margin. There is a prominent dark triangular patch on the FW base and a black submarginal spot terminally. (See RTS, 1994).
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References
- RTS (1994):163, pl.27, fig.11.
- [RTS] Robinson, G.S., Tuck, K.R. & Shaffer, M. (1994) A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of South-East Asia, Malaysian Nature Society Kuala Lumpur & Natural History Museum, London, 311 pp. 51 text figs, 32 pls.