Ategumia euryphaea Meyrick, [1932]; PED 12

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  Taxonomy

  
  

  The holotype of Botys euryphaea Meyrick, 1932, 318 [n.n.f. Botys signatalis Walker, [1866] 1865: 1444] is from the East Indies [Java].
  
  Syn. Botys medullalis Snellen 1898: 180, pl. 8 fig 10. TL W. Java. The male type is in Leiden.
  
  Generic placement is uncertain but here it is provisionally treated in Ategumia Amsel, 1956.
  
  Note Botys signatalis Walker, [1866] 1865: 1444 is a junior secondary homonym of Rhodaria signatalis Walker, [1866] 1865: 1128.
  
  Rose & Pajni (1979: 4) erected of a new genus Rattana with P. euryphaea Meyrick as the TS. This genus is a junior objective syn. of Sciorista Warren, 1890: 475. (Fletcher & Nye, 1984: 133).

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  Description

  
  

  Wing length : 13mm. This yellow and brown moth is very similar to Botyodes diniasalis (Walker 1859). Note that it aso resembles some forms of A. marginalis(Warren, 1896) and other Ategumia spp

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  Distribution & Habitat

  
  

  Sri Lanka, India (Tamilnadu), Sabah, Java, Taiwan, China. Lowland.

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  Life History & Pest Status

  
  

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  Similar spp.

  
  

  Ategumia adipalis

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  Unrelated Look-alikes

  
  

  Botyodes diniasalis

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  References

  
  

  Meyrick, E. (1932 [1930-1936]), Exot. Microlepidopt. 4, 1-642, Privately published, [Taylor & Francis], London.
  
  Snellen, P.C.T. ([1899] 1898) Eenige aanteekeningen over Pyraliden Tijdschr. v. Ent., 41: 173-193, pl. 1 figs. 7-9.
  
  Walker ([1866 Jan 13]1865) List Spec Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. 34, (Suppl. 4): 1121-1533.

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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