Hydrorybina polusalis Walker, [1859]; PED 6

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  Taxonomy

  
  

  The holotype of Botys polusalis Walker, 1859: 703 is in the UM Oxford. As Hydrorybina in Shaffer et al., 1996.

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  Description

  
  

  Wing length : 10mm. The rusty red colour of the wing bases fades to purple on the wing margins. The patterning is simple with narrow curving, brown submedian and post-median lines on the FW and a single straight narrow brown submarginal line on the HW which finishes about halfway across the wing where the basal area is pale.

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  Distribution & Habitat

  
  

  Sri Lanka, India (S., Sikkim, Assam), Nepal, Burma, Laos, W. Malaysia, Sarawak, Indonesia (Sulawesi Sumbawa, Seram), East Timor, PNG (Fergusson Is.), Australia (Q). Lowland.

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  Life History & Pest Status

  
  

  no content available.

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  Similar spp.

  
  

  See Hemiscopis sanguinea Bänziger 1987 which is similar.

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  Unrelated Look-alikes

  
  

  no content available.

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  References

  
  

  Shaffer, M., & Nielsen, E.S. & Horak, M., (1996) Pyraloidea (In Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangji (Eds.) Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia: 164 - 199, CSIRO, Australia.
  
  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

  
  

  no content available.

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  DNA Barcode

  
  

  no content available.

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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