Culladia hastiferalis Walker, [1866]; PED 5

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  Taxonomy

  
  

  The holotype of Scopula hastiferalis Walker, [1866] 1865: 1473 from Sarawak is in UM Oxford.
  
  syn. Araxes admigratella Swinhoe 1900: 416 (nec. Araxes admigratella Walker 1863: 192) Bleszynski, (1970d: 50)
  
  Comb. n. to Culladia Moore [1886] 1884-7 (Bleszynski, 1970d: 52, 53).

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  Description

  
  

  Wing length: 6mm. The FW are pale greyish with an intricately mottled and lined darker patterning. There is a prominent brown serrate submarginal line and a dark brown marginal line. The HW is a pale greyish with long fringes. The antennae are pale, ringed with brown. Bleszynski, (1970d) illustrates the genitalia (female fig. 9 and male, fig.15). This species is almost impossible to distinguish from its congeners in the Culladia admigratella group without detailed examination of the wing venation or genitalia. See Bleszynski, (1970d)

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  Distribution & Habitat

  
  

  Thailand, W.Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak, Philippines, Sulawesi, Irian Jaya, PNG (Biak Is., Schouten Is., Bismark Arch., New Britain), Australia, Solomon Is., China (Hong Kong), Taiwan. Lowland forest; <300m.

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  Life History & Pest Status

  
  

  A seed borer which has been found in Shorea leprosula fruit (Diperocarpaceae) (Chey, 2002: 49)(at least in part of its range).

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  Similar spp.

  
  

  Culladia admigratella Walker group.

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  Unrelated Look-alikes

  
  

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  References

  
  

  Bleszynski, S. (1970d) A revision of the genus Culladia Moore (Studies on the Crambinae Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, part 50), Tijdschr. V. Ent., 113: 44-59.
  
  Chey, V.K. (2002) Dipterocarp seed predators, Malaysian Naturalist, 55 (3): 46-49.
  
  Walker, F. (1863a [April 18]) Crambites and Tortricites. In List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. 27: 1-286.

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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