Taxonomy

Imaged specimen is ssp. atripunctalis from W. Malaysia, GTE. The holotype of Pyralis atripunctalis Walker, [1866] 1865:1523 from Java is in the NHM (Mi7348). Comb. n. (Shaffer & Nielsen, 1996). Syn. Brixia australiae Warren, 1908:329. The female syntype from Queensland (Yeppoon) is in the NHM. Syn. n., stat. n. to ssp. (Shaffer & Nielsen, 1996). Syn. Siculodes triangularis (Pagenstecher, 1892: 122). The type of this ssp. is from the Philippines. It is in the NHM. Ms. syn. n. and stat. n. as ssp. (Shaffer, 1991, Lep Index). Syn. Brixia particolor Warren, 1903:256.

Description

28-36mm. A medium sized species with a yellowish-brown blotchy pattern and an indistinct thyridid reticulation in darker brown. This can fade to a very pale brown, only a band across the HW remaining distinct. There is a triangular pale blotch near the FW apex, on the costa in this patch there are two darker half-spots. There is a small square dark spot on the FW termen just below the apex. It is similar to C. comparalis but that sp. has the red-brown coloration on the Un FW more constricted and clearly defined.

Distribution & Habitat

Sri Lanka, Assam, Myanmar, W. Malaysia, Sabah, Brunei, Sarawak, Kalimantan, Philippines, Java, Sulawesi, Moluccas, Philippines, Buru, Seram, West Papua, PNG, Australia (Q), Solomon Is. Lowland to upper montane forest; <1600m.

Life History & Pest Status

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