Gargela sp. 9 | The Pyralids of Borneo

Family: &nbsp; Crambidae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Crambinae
Tribe: &nbsp; Diptychophorini
Genus: &nbsp; Gargela
Distribution: Indonesia (Sulawesi, Sangir).
Habitat: Lowland.
Wing Length: 5,5mm

Taxonomy

Gargela sp. 9 is labelled as a paratype of Mixophyla xanthocasis Meyrick, 1897:81. TL Indonesia (Sulawesi, Sangir). It is in the BMNH. It is not G. xanthocasis (Meyrick).

Description

This morphotype has three small sub-termenal black spots and no diagonal black line across the FW apex and is best considered as a different sp. from Gargela xanthocasis (Meyrick, 1897c:81, fig. 1.}

BMNH; Suposed paratype; Indonesia, Sulawesi, Sangir.

References

Inoue, H., Sugi, S., Kuroko, H., Moriuti, S., & Kawabe, A. ( Eds.), (1982) Moths of Japan. 2 vols. Tokyo: Kodansha.
Meyrick, E. (1897c) On Lepidoptera from the Malay Archipelago, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.: 69-92.