Taxonomy

W. Malaysia, GTE. The holotype of Pyralis polygraphalis Walker, 1865 [1865]:1240 is from Misool, comb. n. to Calindoea (Shaffer & Nielsen, 1996). Syn. Rhodoneura marmorealis Moore, 1877: 617 TL Andaman Is. Syn. Siculodes rhythmica Meyrick, 1877: 201 TL Australia (Port Darwin). Syn. & stat. n. (as ssp.) (Shaffer & Nielsen, 1996). Syn. Rhodoneura denticulosa Moore1885b 11: 267 Syn. n. of C. polygraphalis (Hampson 1897: 624). Ms. Stat. n. as a ssp. of C. polygraphalis (Shaffer, 1992 LepIndex).

Description

This is a small to medium sized species with a patchy reticulate pattern in reddish grey. There are a few black spots near the FW apices. Some specimens show a prominent white spot on the penultimate abdominal segment. The species shows large individual variability within the limits of the reticulate and spotted patterning. C. hypargyra Hampson, 1893 is similar in pattern with a gold scaled retinaculum but in place of the two lines of black and metallic silver-blue scales on underside of the FW Costa it has a series of golden scales.

Distribution & Habitat

Three ssp. are known; ssp. denticulosa (Moore, 1885b), Sri Lanka, India, China, Taiwan; ssp. polygraphalis (Walker, [1866] 1865) Nicobar Is, Philippines, Sulawesi, Brunei, Bali, West Papua , PNG, Philippines, Solomon Is.; ssp. rhythmica (Meyrick, 1887), Australia.Sri Lanka, Nicobar Is, Andaman Is., W. Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines, Sulawesi, Misool, Bali, West Papua, PNG, Australia (NT, Q), Solomon Is. Taiwan, China. Lowland to upper montane forest; <2000m.

Life History & Pest Status

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