Pitama hermesalis Walker, [1859]; PED 7

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  Taxonomy

  
  

  The syntype of Tobata hermesalis Walker, 1859d: 516 from Sarawak, is in the UM Oxford.

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  Description

  
  

  Wing length : 17mm. The wings are off-white, becoming yellowish to the FW bases. It has broad dark brown margin with a purplish sheen and a brown sub-costal stripe with three small spots to its dorsal margin. The head is yellow. It has a brown patagium, cream tegulae, a cream thorax with a brown dorsal stripe and a cream abdomen. RTS (1994: 177) refer to an unnamed sp. in the NHM which is slightly smaller than P. hermesalis and has a much darker yellow ground colour. The abdomen tip of the female is purplish brown.

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  Distribution & Habitat

  
  

  W. Malaysia, Sumatra, Brunei, Sabah , Sarawak, Kalimantan, Philippines, Sulawesi. Lowland & lower montane forest; <1000m.

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  Life History & Pest Status

  
  

  no content available.

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  Similar spp.

  
  

  Pseudonoorda nigropunctalis, P. metaloma

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  Unrelated Look-alikes

  
  

  no content available.

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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.
  
  RTS (1994); 177, pl. 26, fig. 21.

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  Genitalia

  
  

  no content available.

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  DNA Barcode

  
  

  no content available.

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  3D Imaging

  
  

  no content available.

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  Spare

  
  

  no content available.

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