Taxonomy

Specimen imaged is from Indonesia, Seram. The female holotype of Plagiosella cinnamomea Rothschild, 1915:109 from Dutch New Guinea [West Papua] (Utakwa River) is in the NHM (Mi7287), genitalia slide #13497. Syn. Laginia reticulata Walker, [1866] 1865:1560. The female holotype is in the OUMNH (secondary homonym of Striglina reticulata Walker, [1866] 1865:1062). Syn. n. (Whalley, 1976:41-42). Syn. Necthermesia reticulata Walker ([1866] 1865) which is a syn. of S. scitaria Walker, 1862 (Shaffer & Nielsen, 1996). See Whalley (1976:41-43).

Description

35mm. A yellow-brown species with a small amount of variation in the distinctness of the strigulate markings. As well as the nominate ssp. from Australia & New Guinea, there are possibly four other undescribed sspp. from respectively the Moluccas (Amboina, Sula Manguli), Seram, New Britain and the Solomon Is. This species superficially resembles Striglina rubicunda Whalley 1976 but in the latter the diagonal (often dotted) line on the FW curves inwards as it approaches the costa. A faint circular orbicular mark is visible in the illustrated ?ssp. from Seram.

Distribution & Habitat

Solomon Is. Lowland forest; <200m.

Life History & Pest Status

The foodplant is Trichospermum pleiostigma (Malvaceae), (CATS [Accessed Sept. 2008]).

Similar spp.

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