Crypsitya coclesalis Walker, [1859]; PED 8

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  Taxonomy

  
  

  The holotype of Botys coclesalis Walker, 1859: 701 from Sarawak is in the NHM.
  
  syn. Botys itemalesalis Walker, 1859: 996; TL China (Shanghai)
  
  syn. n. (Munroe & Mutuura, 1969: 1245);
  
  syn. Botys strenualis Walker, [1866] 1865: 1409 TL India (S. Hindustan). Syn. n. (Munroe & Mutuura, 1969: 1245);
  
  syn. Botys lacrymalis Leech, 1889: 69, pl.3 fig. 12. TL Japan (Satsuma & Nagasaki). Syn. n. (Munroe & Mutuura, 1969: 1245);
  
  syn. Botys strenualis Walker, [1866] 1865: 1409 TL NW India (S. Hindustan). Syn. n. (Munroe & Mutuura, 1969: 1245);
  
  syn. Botys interfusalis Walker, [1866] 1865: 1443 TL Java. Syn. n. (Munroe & Mutuura, 1969: 1245).
  
  Comb. n. to Crypsiptya Meyrick 1894 (Shaffer et al., 1996).

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  Description

  
  

  Wing length : 14mm. The bright golden yellow of fresh specimens fades quickly to brownish. A specimen (ID # NAFU Pyr000078) has been barcoded and the data is held in BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (Ratnasingham & Hebert 2007) . RTS figure another specimen from Singapore.

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  Distribution & Habitat

  
  

  India (NW, C), Bhutan, Burma, W. Malaysia, Singapore, Sabah, Sarawak, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java), Philippines, China (throughout S & E), Japan. Australia. Plantations and natural forests.

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  Life History & Pest Status

  
  

  A major pest of bamboos in Central India, causing serious economic loss of growth and yield in nurseries, plantations and natural forests (Roychoudhury & Joshi 2008).

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  Similar spp.

  
  

  Crypsiptya sp.1, Crypsiptya sp.2

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  Unrelated Look-alikes

  
  

  no content available.

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  References

  
  

  [RTS] 1994: 179, Pl. 29, fig.20.
  
  Roychoudhury, N. & Joshi, K. C. (2008), leaf roller Crypsiptya coclesalis Walker (Lepidoptera : Pyralidae), a major pest of bamboos in nurseries and plantations. Indian Forester, North America, 134 (9).
  
  Walker, F. (1859d [May 10]) Pyralides, In; List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. Fourth Series 18: 509-799.

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  Genitalia

  
  

  no content available.

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  DNA Barcode

  
  

  A specimen (ID # NAFU Pyr000078) has been barcoded and the data is held in BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (Ratnasingham & Hebert 2007).

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  3D Imaging

  
  

  no content available.

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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