Herdonia subpulchella Inoue | The Pyralids of Borneo

Family: &nbsp; Thyrididae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Siculodinae
Tribe: &nbsp; Siculodini
Genus: &nbsp; Herdonia
Distribution: N. Sumatra, Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei.
Habitat: Lowland primary forest; &lt;300m.

Taxonomy

The holotype of Herdonia subpulchella Inoue, 2001 is figured. It is from Brunei (Sg. Rampayoh) and is in the NHM (Mi7449).

Description

Male 34-40mm, female 39-44mm. It has very similar male antennae to H. pulchella but is larger. The FW has a patch of black reticulation near the outer rear margin which is more distinct than in H. pulchella and two small square red-brown patches at the termen of the FW. The HW has thin black submaginal and median fasciae. In H. pulchella the HW double median and postmedian lines are expanded towards the margins but the marginal areas of the wings have less yellow fawn shading. . See also Herdonia sp. 1, H. pulchella and H. concordia Inoue, 2001 which have similar wing patterning.

Herdonia subpulchella Inoue specimen plate