Agrioglypta excelsalis Walker, [1866] 1865; PED 11

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  Taxonomy

  
  

  The holotype of Glyphodes excelsalis Walker, [1866] 1865: 1360 is from Australia (Q., Swan River). Comb. n. to Agrioglypta (Shaffer et al. 1996). There are several ssp., some unnamed.
  
  syn. Glyphodes westermani Snellen,1877b: 77, pl. 6 fig. 3. The male lectotype from Sumatra is in RMNH, Leiden. Syn. n. & stat. n. as a ssp. (Shaffer et al. 1996). Distribution, Sabah, Brunei, Kalimantan Berat, Java, Philippines & Sulawesi;
  
  ms syn. Glyphodes pedenotata Warren, 1896b: 117. TL Loyalty Is. (Lifu). Ms syn. n. as a ssp. (Shaffer 1990, LepIndex).
  
  syn. Margaronia samoana Swinhoe 1906: 414, TL Samoa. Stat. n. as a ssp.
  
  ssp. excelsalis Walker, [1866] 1865, the nominate ssp;
  
  ssp. moresbyensis Strand, 1920: 154 [as a var.], stat. n. as a ssp. (Shaffer et al. 1996) TL PNG, Port Moresby. Distribution, PNG;
  
  ssp 1 un-named, Sulawesi;
  
  ssp 2 un-named, New Hebrides.

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  Description

  
  

  Wing length : 14mm. Most Agrioglypta species have similar FW patterning with brown and ochreous markings on a silvery or yellow white background and with irridescent purplish areas. The A. itysalis group has two large white patches of the FW the distal one being roughly triangular. The HW has a large white basal area and margins with brown and irridescent purplish submarginal bands.
  
  The proximal white patch on the FW is much wider than those in the similar A. itysalis and A. malayana. There is some geographic variability within A. excelsalis exemplified by the several sspp. The defining characteristics of the several sspp. is unclear. A specimen [RMNH.Ins. #19542] (Leiden) from Kalimantan Timur, (Pasir, Gunung Lumut Protection Forest) has been DNA barcoded [BOLD].

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  Distribution & Habitat

  
  

  Sabah, Brunei, Kalimantan Berat, Sumatra, Java, Philippines, Sulawesi. PNG, Australia (Q), Loyalty Is., Samoa. Lowland to upper montane primary forest; <1800m.

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  Life History & Pest Status

  
  

  Food plants are 'sandpaper' figs; Ficus stenocarpa & F. opposita (Moraceae).

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  Similar spp.

  
  

  Agrioglypta sp. 4.

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  Unrelated Look-alikes

  
  

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  References

  
  

  Strand, E. (1920) In H. Sauter's Formosa-ausbeute: Noctuidae II Nebst nachträgen zu den familien Arctiidae, Lymantriidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Thyrididae, Pyralidae, Tortricidae, Gelechiidae un Oecophoridae, Arch. Naturgesch. 84 A (12) : 102-197.
  
  Snellen, P.C.T. (1877b) Heterocera op Sumatra verzameld door J.J. Korndörffer met Beschrijving van eenige Nieuwe Soorten, Tijdschr. v. Ent., 20: 65-79.
  
  Warren, W. (1896b) XVI New species of moths from the Khasia Hills, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, (18): 107-119.
  
  Walker ([1866 Jan 13]1865) List Spec Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. 34, (Suppl. 4): 1121-1533.
  
  Walker, [1866] 1865: 1360

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  Genitalia

  
  

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  DNA Barcode

  
  

  A specimen [RMNH.Ins. #19542] (Leiden) from Kalimantan Timur, (Pasir, Gunung Lumut Protection Forest) has been DNA barcoded [BOLD].

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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