Agathodes caliginosalis Snellen, [1895]; PED 11

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  Taxonomy

  
  

  The male lectotype of Glyphodes caliginosalis Snellen, 1895: 147 from East Java is in the RMNH, Leiden. The lectotype was selected by Munroe et al. (1958). Comb. n. to Agathodes.

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  Description

  
  

  Wing length : 19mm. Most Agathodes spp. are extremely similar with pink, pale pastel green and brownish markings on the FW. They are difficult to separate. Munroe considered the whole genus in need of revision. The HW is translucent in grey with darker veins with a darker submarginal area at the apex. Both wings have very narrow pale marginal lines. Like most similarly coloured species the green and pink colours quickly fade to brownish. The labial palps are entirely brown, rather broad and sharply truncated. The males have complex tufts of anal hair scales. Distinguished from A. modicalis Guenée and A. ostentalis Geyer by the dark HW (RTS 1994: 190) [RTS specimen is from Java].

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  Distribution & Habitat

  
  

  W. Malaysia, Singapore, Sabah, Brunei, Java, Bali, Philippines. Lowland to upper montane forest & cultivated areas; <1800m.

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  Life History & Pest Status

  
  

  A pest of cocoa (Theobroma cacao) Sterculiaceae and coral bean tree (dadap) (Erythrina speciosa) Fabaceae. (Conway, 1971; RTS 1994). In Indonesia Hoehn et al. indicated a high potential for biological control by management of nesting sites of Rhynchium haemorrhoidale (Hymenoptera: Eumenidae).

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  Similar spp.

  
  

  Agathodes modicalis

  A. ostentalis

  Agathodes sp 12.

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  Unrelated Look-alikes

  
  

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  References

  
  

  Hoehn, P., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Buchori, D. & Tscharntke, T (2009) Spatio-temporal density patterns of the pest predator Rhynchium haemorrhoidale (F.) along a land-use gradient in cacao agroforestry systems, Agroforestry Systems 76 (1), 163-171.
  
  Snellen, P. C. T. (1895) Aanteekeningen over Pyraliden. Tijdschr. v. Ent., 38: 103-161, pl. 5, 6.
  
  Munroe, E. G., Diakonoff, A. & Martin, E. L., (1958) Catalogue of Snellen's types of Pyralidae, with selections of lectotypes. Tijdschr. v. Ent., 101 (2): 65-88.
  
  [RTS] (1994): 190, pl.32, fig.15.
  
  Snellen, P. C. T. (1895) Aanteekeningen over Pyraliden. Tijdschr. v. Ent., 38: 103-161, pl. 5, 6.

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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