Bradina admixtalis Walker, [1859]; PED 14

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  Taxonomy

  
  

  The holotype of Botys admixtalis Walker, 1859: 665 is from Sri Lanka
  
  Syn. Pleonectusa pallidalis Warren, 1896e: 147. TL India (Khasias). Type in UM Oxford.
  
  syn. Pleonectusa tabidalis Lederer, 1863: 426, 481. TL Amboina;
  
  syn. Botys panaeusalis Walker, 1859: 998. TL Sri Lanka;
  
  syn. Botys leptogastralis Walker, [1866] 1865: 1432 TL PNG. Type in the UM Oxford;
  
  syn. Pleonectusa sodalis Lederer, 1863: 426, 481. TL Amboina;
  
  syn. Spoladea avunculalis Saalmüller, 1884: 300, Saalmüller & von Heyden: 503 TL Madagscar.

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  Description

  
  

  Wing Length: 12mm. This pale brown sp. has few wing markings and closely resembles Bradina adhaesalis Walker, 1859 but is slightly paler. It differs in that the post median line of the FW angles inward acutely near the costa whereas in B. admixtalis the line is smoothly curved. There is pronounced sexual dimorphism with males having very elongate abdomens with long pale hair pencils at the tip.

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  Distribution & Habitat

  
  

  Africa (S, E), Madagascar, Lorenzo Marques, Chagos Arch., Mauritius, Maldives, Réunion, Sri Lanka, India (NW, Sikkim, W. Bengal, Meghalaya, Comoro Is.), Bhutan, Burma, W.Malaysia, Sabah, Java, Bali, Irian Jaya, China, Taiwan, Japan, PNG, Australia (Q, NSW), New Zealand. Lowland.

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  Life History & Pest Status

  
  

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  Similar spp.

  
  

  Bradina adhaesalis

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  Unrelated Look-alikes

  
  

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  References

  
  

  Lederer, J., (1863) Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Pyralidinen. Wien. entomol. Monat. 7: 243-280, 331-502, pl. 2-18.
  
  Saalmüller, M. (1884) Lepidopteren von Madagascar. Zweite Abtheilung [Vol. 1]. Rhopalocera, Heterocera: Sphinges et Bombyces: 1-246, pls. 1-6. Frankfurt am Main. [In German]
  
  Saalmüller, M. & von Heyden, L. (1891) Lepidopteren von Madagascar. Zweite Abtheilung [Vol. 2]. Heterocera: Noctuae, Geometrae, Microlepidoptera: 247-531, pls. 7-14. Frankfurt am Main. [In German]
  
  Walker, F. (1859d [May 10]) Pyralides, In; List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. Ser. 4, 18: 509-798.
  
  Walker, F. (1859e) Pyralides, In; List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. Ser. 4, 19: 799-1036.
  
  Walker ([1866 Jan 13]1865) List Spec Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. 34, (Suppl. 4): 1121-1533.
  
  Warren, W. (1896e) XX New species of Pyralidae, Thyridiae and Epiplemidae Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 6, 17 (98): 131-150.

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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