Noctuelia tapsusalis Walker, [1859]; PED 7

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  Taxonomy

  
  

  The holotype of Botys tapsusalis Walker, 1859: 697 from Kalimantan Selatan (Pulo Laut) [a Wallace specimen] is in the NHM. This sp. was previously treated in Polygrammodes Guenée 1854 [a New World genus] by Swinhoe (1892) and Meyrick (1884: 320) before being placed in Noctuelia (LepIndex).

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  Description

  
  

  Wing length : 12.5mm. A robust very pale yellow sp. with brownish-yellow markings on the wing bases. The FW has a diffuse bifurcating post median fascia. The veins of the FW are yellowish towards the termen. A narrow dark basal line extends across the FW. The HW has a dark blotch sub-apically.
  
  Noctuelia spp. 3 & 4 have patterning similar to N. tapsusalis but their markings differ in intensity and details.

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  Distribution & Habitat

  
  

  Kalimantan Selatan, Kalimantan Timur (Pulau Laut). Lowland.

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  Life History & Pest Status

  
  

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  Similar spp.

  
  

  Noctuelia sp. 3 & 4.

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  Unrelated Look-alikes

  
  

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  References

  
  

  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

  
  

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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