Agrioglypta malayana Butler, [1880]; PED 11

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  Taxonomy

  
  

  The holotype of Glyphodes malayana Butler, 1880b: 685 is from Taiwan. It was once considered a junior synonym of Agrioglypta itysalis (Walker, 1859) but Shaffer MS stat. rev. (1990, note on LepIndex card), considered it to be a good sp.

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  Description

  
  

  Wing length : 12mm. The sp. has two roughly triangular white patches on the FW the submedian one being narrow. The HW has a large white basal area and margins with brown and irridescent purplish submarginal bands. The males have dark anal hair scales. See Agrioglypta sp. 5 and A. itysalis Walker. A specimen [RMNH.Ins. #19543] (Leiden) from Kalimantan Timur, (Pasir, Gunung Lumut Protection Forest) has been DNA barcoded [BOLD]./p>

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  Distribution & Habitat

  
  

  Sri Lanka, India (Sikkim), Burma, W. Malaysia, Singapore, Sabah, Kalimantan Timur, Java, Taiwan. Lowland primary & secondary forest & cultivated areas; 250-630m.

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  Life History & Pest Status

  
  

  no content available.

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  Similar spp.

  
  

  Agrioglypta itysalis

  Agrioglypta sp. 5

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  Unrelated Look-alike

  
  

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  References

  
  

  Butler, A.G. (1880b) On a second collection of Lepidoptera made in Formosa by H.E. Hobson Esq. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond: 666-691.

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  Genitalia

  
  

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  DNA Barcode

  
  

  A specimen [RMNH.Ins. #19543] (Leiden) from Kalimantan Timur, (Pasir, Gunung Lumut Protection Forest) has been DNA barcoded [BOLD].

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  3D Imaging

  
  

  no content available.

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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