Paraponyx diminutalis Snellen, [1880]; PED 3

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  Taxonomy

  
  

  The lectotype of Parapoynx diminutalis Snellen, 1880: 242 from Sulawesi (Makassar) selected by Munroe et al. (1958) is in Leiden.
  
  syn. Paraponyx [sic] dicentra Meyrick, 1885: 431. T.L. Australia (Queensland, Duaringa). Syn. n. (Shaffer et al., 1996);
  
  syn. Oligostigma pallida Butler, 1886: 423.

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  Description

  
  

  Wing length: 6-7mm (male) and 7-8mm (female). A rather indistinctly patterned species with sinuous light brown or tan markings on the outer parts of the wings. Parts of the bands may be obscured by variable amounts of black scales. A widespread species, introduced worldwide. Figured in Snellen (1884: pl. 5, fig. 1). Described in Agassiz (1981a) and also figured in Goater (1985: Pl. 4, figs. 2 & 3). Li et al. (2009) Figure the sp. (pl. X fig. 147) and the male and female genitalia (pl. XLIII fig. 147; pl. LXXXII, fig. 147). Buckingham and Bennett (1996) give details of its biology and describe its life stages. For details of African distribution see Agassiz (2012).

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  Distribution & Habitat

  
  

  North America [Adventive]. Europe [Adventive], Africa (W.S.E. Nile Valley), Madagascar, Reunion, Sri Lanka, India (W. Bengal), Thailand, W. Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Sabah, Sulawesi, Philippines, China. Australia (Q, N.T.).

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  Life History & Pest Status

  
  

  Pan tropical, worldwide adventive with water plants. Minor pest? Hydrilla verticillata , Hydrocharis dubia, Elodea nuttallii (Hydrocharitaceae);

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  Unrelated Look-alikes

  
  

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  References

  
  

  Agassiz, D.J.L., (1981a). Further introduced china mark moths (Lep. Pyralidae) new to Britain. Ent. Gaz. 29: 117-127.
  
  Agassiz, D.J.L. (2012) The Acentropinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of Africa. Zootaxa 3494 :1–73, 24 pl..
  
  Buckingham, G. R. & Bennett, C. A. (1989) Laboratory host range of Parapoynx diminutalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), an Asian aquatic moth adventive in Florida and Panama on Hydrilla verticillata (Hydrocharitaceae). Envir Entomol. 18, 526-530.
  
  Meyrick, E. (1885) X On the classification of the Australian Pyralidina Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1885 (4): 421-456.
  
  Munroe, E.G., Diakonoff, A. & Martin, E.L. (1958) Catalogue of Snellen’s types of Pyralidae with selections of lectotypes. Tijdschr. v. Ent., 101 (2): 65-88.
  
  Snellen, P. C. T., (1880) Nieuwe Pyraliden op het eiland Celebes gevonden ddor Mr. M. C. Piepers. Tijdschr. v. Ent. 23: 198-250.
  
  Snellen, P. C. T., (1884) Lepidoptera van Celebes verzameld door M. C. Piepers, met aanteekeningen en beschrijving der nieuwe soorten. Tijdschr. v. Ent. 27: 35-54, pl. 3-5.

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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