Nymphicula dilucidalis Guerin-Meneville, [1832] 1829-1858; PED 3

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  Taxonomy

  
  

  The holotype of Botys dilucidalis Guérin-Méneville, [1832] 1829-1858 pl. 90, fig. 17 is from Java.
  
  Syn. Ambia dohrni Hering, 1903: 51 pl. 1, fig. 30. TL Sumatra. Syn. n. (Speidel & Mey, 1999: 128);
  
  syn. Ephormotris octopis Meyrick, 1933: 393, TL Kuala Lumpur Syn. n. Speidel & Mey, 1999: 128);
  
  syn? Oligostigma nectalis Snellen, 1876: 206, pl. O fig. 10. The male type [abd. missing] from Java is in Leiden. (Note on LepIndex Card).
  
  Comb. n. to Ephormotris (Speidel & Mey, 199: 128).

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  Description

  
  

  Wing length: 7.5mm. This species has typical Nymphicula patterning, mainly fulvous and white with some brown markings. Densely speckled brown scales occupies the centre of both wings, that of the HW is separated by a serrate subtermenal line from four, large but misformed eyespots, near the wing margin. It shares its general patterning with Nymphicula cataclystalis Hampson 1897: 166.

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  Distribution & Habitat

  
  

  W. Malaysia, Sabah, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java). Lowland cultivated areas; <460m.

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  Life History & Pest Status

  
  

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  Similar spp.

  
  

  Nymphicula cataclystalis

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  Unrelated Look-alikes

  
  

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  References

  
  

  Guérin-Méneville, F. E. ([1832] 1829-1858). Iconographie du Règne Animal de G. Cuvier, ou représentation d’après nature de l’une des espèces les plus remarquables, et souvent non encore figurées, de chaque genre d’animaux. Avec une texte descriptiv mis au courant de la science. Ouvrage pouvant servir d’atlas à tous les traités de Zoologie. Insectes. [Regn. Anim. Ic. Ins.] ii + 576 pp., 104 pl. + Frontispiece, Paris.
  
  Hering, E. (1903) Übersicht der Sumatra-Pyralidae. III., Stettin. Ent. Zeit. 64: 38-97.
  
  Snellen, P. C. T., (1876) Over Oligostigma Guenée, eengenus der Pyraliden. Tijdschr. v. Entomol. 19: 186-209, pl. 8-9.

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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