Paracymoriza? nigra Warren
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Acentropinae
- Genus: Paracymoriza
- Distribution: India (Meghalaya), Sabah, Philippines, Japan.
- Habitat: No habitat info.
- Wing Length: 10mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Nymphula nigra Warren, 1896: 220 is from India (Khasia Hills) is in the BMNH.
- comb. n. to Parthenodes (Yoshiyasu, 1985a: 99)
- As Paracymoriza in Speidel et al. (1999b).
It is considered that a new genus should be erected for these small dark, elongate-winged spp., of the P. nigra group.
Description
A dark grey sp. FW with paler grey marking including a sinuous post median line and subtermenal patches. The HW is a plain grey. Either this is a very variable sp. or P. nigra represents a complex of several similar spp. Paracymoriza parallelalis Sauber, 1902 is very similar
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References
- Speidel, W. & Mey, W. (1999b) Catalogue of the oriental Acentropinae (Crambidae, Pyralidae). Tijdschr. v. Entomol. 142: 125-142, figs. 1-3.
- Yoshiyasu, Y. (1985a) A systematic study of the Nymphulinae and the Musotimidae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Sci. Rep. Kyoto Pref. Univ., Agr. 37: 1-162.
- Warren, W. (1896c) XVIII New species of moths from the Khasia Hills, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, (18): 163-177.
