Isocentris filalis Guenée
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Pyraustinae
- Tribe: Portentomorphini
- Genus: Isocentris
- Distribution: Africa (D.R.Congo, Mauritius, Comoro Islands, La Réunion), India (Hindustan), Nepal, Thailand, Sabah, Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia (Java), PNG, Australia (W, Q, & NSW).
- Habitat: Philippines, Taiwan, China (Hong Kong). Lowland to lower montane forest; <1500m.
- Wing Length: 9-11mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Asopia filalis Guenée, 1854: 204, is from New Guinea.
- syn. Hyalobathra argentifilalis Hampson, 1908: 480-481 TL Comoro Islands, Mayotte;
- syn. Agrotera retinalis Saalmüller, 1880: 304-305 TL Madagascar. Syn. n. Maes (2014: 141);
- syn. Botys holoxanthalis Mabille, 1881: lxii. TL Madagascar;
- syn. Botys amoenalis Walker, 1865 [1866 Jan 13]: 1445. TL Indonesia, Java;
- syn. Endotricha rhodophilalis Walker, 1866: 1311-1312. TL India [South Hindostan];
- syn. Hyalobathra metallogramma Meyrick, 1934: 544 TL D.R.Congo [Belgian Congo], Lubumbashi [Elisabethville]. Syn. n. Maes (2014: 141;
- syn. Hyalobathra veroniqueae Guillermet (in Viette & Guillermet, 1996: 30, 97-98, figs. 7, 25, 26). TL La Réunion, la Grande Chaloupe. Syn. n. Maes (2014: 141;
- syn. Samea dives Butler, 1880: 682: TL Taiwan.
- syn. Endotricha rhodophilalis Walker, 1865 [1866 Jan 13]: 1311. TL S. Hindustan.
Comb. n. to Isocentris Meyrick, 1887: (Shaffer et al. 1996: 268).
Description
A distinctive bright orange and yellow sp. with a purple submarginal band and a purple blotch near the FW cell. Isocentris ranges from Africa to Japan. Of the c.15 spp. there are two in S.E. Asia. RTS (1994: 180).
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References
- Guenée, A. (1854) Deltoïdes et pyralites. In Boisduval, J.A. & Guenée, A., Hist. nat. des Insectes (Spec. gén. Lépid.) Vol. 8, 448pp. + 10 pls., Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris.
- Walker ([1866 Jan 13]1865) List Spec Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. 34, (Suppl. 4): 1121-1533.
- Butler, A.G. (1880). On a second collection of Lepidoptera made in Formosa by H.E. Hobson Esq. P.Z.S.Lond.: 666-691.
- Meyrick E. (1890) On the classification of the Pyralidina of the European fauna. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond.: 429-492.
- [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.
- [RTS] Robinson, G.S., Tuck, K.R. & Shaffer, M. (1994): 180.
- Shaffer, M. & Nielsen, E.S. (1996) In Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangji, R.V. (Eds.) Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia, 66: 161- 163, CSIRO, Australia.
- Maes, K. V. N. (2014) Notes on the Crambidae of Africa with new synonyms and combinations (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea, Crambidae). Lambillionea, Bruxelles 114 (2): 139-143.