Agathodes modicalis Guenée, [1854]; PED 11

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  Taxonomy

  
  

  The holotype of Agathodes modicalis Guenée, 1854: 210; is from the ‘East Indies’.
  
  Syn. Agathodes sumatralis Swinhoe, 1906 TL Sumatra.

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  Description

  
  

  Wing length : 18mm. Most Agathodes spp. are extremely similar with pink, pale pastel green and brownish markings on the FW. They are difficult to separate. For difficulties of distinghishing between Agathodes spp. See comment under A.caliginosalis Snellen. This species is distinguishable from the latter by having a light coloured HW and from A. ostentalis Geyer by being larger with duller FW colours (RTS, 1994:190).

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  Distribution & Habitat

  
  

  South Africa, India (Sikkim), Burma [Myanmar], W. Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak, Kalimantan Timur, Sumatra, Java (E & W), Mollucas, Sulawesi, Philippines, China (Yunnan). Lowland to Submontane; <1400m.

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  Life History & Pest Status

  
  

  The larvae have been recorded feeding on the foliage of Erythrina indica and E. vespertillio Fabaceae.

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  Similar spp.

  
  

  Agathodes caliginosalis Snellen

  Agathodes ostentalis Geyer

  Agathodes sp 12.

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  Unrelated Look-alikes

  
  

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  References

  
  

  Guenée, A. (1854) Deltoïdes et pyralites. In Boisduval, J.A. & Guenée, A., Hist. nat. des Insectes (Spec. gén. Lépid.) Vol. 8, 448pp. + 10 pls., Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris.

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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