Eristena excisalis Snellen, [1901] 1900; PED 3

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  Taxonomy

  
  

  The holotype of Oligostigma excisalis Snellen [1901] 1900: 289, pl. 16, fig. 9, from Java is in Leiden.
  
  syn. Oligostigma auropunctalis Hampson 1903 var. javanica Strand, 1914. TL Java (Arjuno). (Described twice by Hampson 1903: 210 & 1907: 466). Syn. n. (Speidel & Mey 1999).
  
  As a temporary measure Speidel & Mey (1999b) transferred the sp. to Eristena Warren, 1896.

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  Description

  
  

  Wing length: 8mm. Typical Eristena colouration and general patterning. A pale fulvous sp. with lighter bands on the FW which has a markedly angled, almost straight, termen. The falcate HW has a broad, dull white median band with three very small dark spots with an adjacent slightly larger white spot at the tornus.

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  Distribution & Habitat

  
  

  India (Tamil Nadu), Bhutan, Sabah, Kalimantan Selatan, Java. Lowland streams near secondary forest & cultivated areas; 460-480m.

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  Life History & Pest Status

  
  

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  Similar spp.

  
  

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  Unrelated Look-alikes

  
  

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  References

  
  

  Hampson, G.F. (1903b) The Moths of India Supplementary paper to the Vols. in ‘The Fauna of British India’ Series II part X with pl. C. J. Bombay Soc., 15: 206- 226
  
  Hampson, G.F., (1906f) LXXII Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the subfamilies Hydrocampinae and Scoparianae. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., Ser. 7, 18 (108): 455-472.
  
  Snellen, P. C. T., ([1901] 1900) Aanteekeningen over Pyraliden., Tijdschr. v. Ent. 43: 265-310, pl. 15-17.

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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