Pyrausta sp. 6 | The Pyralids of Borneo

Family: &nbsp; Crambidae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Pyraustinae
Tribe: &nbsp; Pyraustini
Genus: &nbsp; Pyrausta
Distribution: W. Malaysia; Lowland.
Habitat: primary &amp; disturbed forest &amp; cultivated areas 610m.
Wing Length: 9mm

Taxonomy

Pyrausta sp. 6 An unnamed specimen from W. Malaysia (GTE in the HSB-Coll.) Possibly Spilodes fraudulentalis (Warren, 1895: 474).

S. fraudulentalis is treated in Sitochroa Hübner, 1825: 356 and it is possibly a junior subjective syn. of Harpalia flavofasciata (Moore, 1888: 223, pl. 7 fig. 19).

syn.
- Harpalia flavofasciata (Moore, 1888: 223, pl. 7 fig. 19)

Description

A distinctive purple and brown sp. Note the broad the orange FW post median line and the dark neural spots on the orange termenae of both wings. It differs from Pyrausta sp. 2 in having no expansions of the FW median line.