Striglina lilacina Warren | The Pyralids of Borneo

Family: &nbsp; Thyrididae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Striglininae
Genus: &nbsp; Striglina
Distribution: W. Malaysia, Java.
Habitat: Lowland.
Wing Length: 29mm

Taxonomy

Holotype; W. Malaysia, Penang. The female holotype of Striglina lilacina Warren 1898b:225 from W. Malaysia (Penang) is in the NHM (Mi7295) genitalia slide #13315. See Whalley (1976:72).

Description

A medium sized pink brown species with few wing markings except a faint darker speckling. The nominate ssp. is lightly marked with very little reticulated pattern in comparison with specimens of a possible unnamed ssp. from Java. The male is unknown.

Striglina lilacina Warren specimen plate