Cnaphalocrocis acerrimalis Walker, [1866]; PED 15

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  Taxonomy

  
  

  The holotype of Botys acerrimalis Walker, [1866] 1865: 1449 is from Java. It is possibly another junior subjective syn. of Cnaphalocrocis medinalis Guenée 1854: 201. Certainly the fasciation of the types apear almost identical. The genitalia of the holotypes should be compared.

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  Description

  
  

  Wing length: 6.5mm. A coppery yellow and brown sp. FW with straight transverse submedian and postmedian purplish-brown lines angled from the costa. The FW subcosta is dark brown as is a broad band subtermenally. On the HW this subtermenal band narrows towards the tornus. The FW has a c-shaped stigma in the cell. In the males this is close to a curling brown tuft of scent scales in the subcosta. A few specimens in the NHM series have the FW lines slightly less straight. As well as the male type we show one of those.

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  Distribution & Habitat

  
  

  India (Sikkim), Thailand, Kalimantan Selatan, Indonesia (Java), China, Korea, Solomon Is.

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  Life History & Pest Status

  
  

  The larvae of most Cnaphalocrocis spp. feed on grasses (Graminaceae) and some are serious crop pests.

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  Similar spp.

  
  

  Cnaphalocrocis medinalis

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  Unrelated Look-alikes

  
  

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  References

  
  

  Walker ([1866 Jan 13] 1865) List Spec Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. 34, (Suppl. 4): 1121-1533.

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  Genitalia

  
  

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  DNA Barcode

  
  

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  3D Imaging

  
  

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  Spare

  
  

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KEY TO TABS
(1) Taxonomy, (2) Description, (3) Distribution & Habitat, (4) Life History & Pest Status, (5) Similar spp., (6) Unrelated Look-alikes, (7) References, (8) Genitalia, (9) DNA Barcode, (10) 3D Imaging, (11) Spare