Hyalobathra obliquata Moore
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Pyraustinae
- Tribe: Portentomorphini
- Genus: Hyalobathra
- Distribution: India, Sri Lanka, Burma, W. Malaysia, Sabah, Taiwan.
- Habitat: Lowland forest & disturbed areas; <600m.
- Wing Length: 11mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Ebulia obliquata Moore 1888: 224 is from Sri Lanka.
- syn. Leucocraspeda nissoralis Swinhoe: 145 (Note in Oxford U.M. N.H. drawer and on LepIndex card)
Ebulea obliquata is present in the HSB, SLS & Schulze Colls. It may be a var of H. coenostolalis Snellen: 582. Treated as Anania Hübner, 1823: 27 in Globiz but here we placed it as Hyalobathra obliquata.
Description
This species closely resembles the ‘H. coenostolalis Snellen’ as illustrated by Wang & Speidel (2000: 287). However the distinct diagonal dark line on the FW from the middle of the costa towards the middle of the termen is not like a typical H. coenostolalis. Correctly identified in the HSB Coll. Schulze (2000) taxon #277.
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References
- Moore, F. ([1888] 1887) Heterocera (3): 200-299, pls. 6-8. Heterocera continued (Pyralidae, Crambidae, Geometridae, Tortricidae, Tineidae). In: Hewitson & Moore (1879 - 1887) Descr. new Ind. lepid. Colln. late Mr. W.S.Atkinson, Asiatic Soc. Bengal, Taylor & Francis, London.
- Schulze, C.H. (2000) Auswirkungen anthropogener Störungen auf die Diversität von Herbivoren. (Analys von Nachtfalterzönosen entlang von Habitatgradienten in Ost-Malaysia). Unpubl. PhD Thesis, University of Bayreuth, Germany, 350pp.
- 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).
