Noctuelia tapsusalis Walker

Taxonomy

The holotype of Botys tapsusalis Walker, 1859: 697 from Kalimantan Selatan (Pulo Laut) [a Wallace specimen] is in the BMNH. This sp. was previously treated in Polygrammodes Guenée 1854 [a New World genus] by Swinhoe (1892) and Meyrick (1884: 320) before being placed in Noctuelia (LepIndex).

Description

A robust pale yellow sp with blackish-purple markings concentrated on the wing bases The FW has an distinct dark median fascia. The veins of the FW are distinctly fulvous towards the termen. A narrow but complicated dark post median linear marks extends across the FW to the tornus. The HW has a dark blotch sub-apically but the distal are is mainly pale yellow.

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, F. (1859d [May 10]) Pyralides, In; List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. Fourth Series 18: 509-799.