Paracymoriza vagalis Walker, [1866]; PED 11

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  Taxonomy

  
  

  The holotype of Parthenodes vagalis Walker, [1866] 1865: 1530 is from Java.

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  Description

  
  

  Wing length : 11mm. A very common sp. with distinctive markings in brown and white. Speidel (1984) and Yoshiyasu (1985) give full descriptions. There is little variation over its range. The male antennae are slightly swollen, continuously scaled and finely pubescent. The labial palps are drooping with a tuft of long dark brown scales on their second segment. See RTS (1994).

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  Distribution & Habitat

  
  

  Sri Lanka, India (Punjab, Kerala, Tamilnadu), Nepal, Burma, Thailand, W.Malaysia, Sabah, Brunei, Sarawak, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java), China (Yunnan (S), Hong Kong), Taiwan, Japan. Lowland to submontane, streams & rivers; <1500m.

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  Life History & Pest Status

  
  

  Yoshiasu (1987: 146) gives the food plant of Paracymoriza spp. in Japan as Podostemaceae. This species was the most common pyralid acting as a pollinator of the flowers of Neonauclea pallida (Rubiaceae) in Thailand (Weber, 2000a, b).

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  Similar spp.

  
  

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  Unrelated Look-alike

  
  

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  References

  
  

  [RTS] (1994): 166, pl. 26 fig.14.
  
  Weber, C.F. (2000a) Bestäubung von Neonauclea pallida (Rubiaceae) durch Pyraliden in Süd-Thailand. [Pollination of Neonauclea pallida (Rubiaceae) by pyralid moths in Southern Thailand]. Unpubl. M. Phil Thesis, Institut fur Botanik, Universität Wien , Austria. [in German]
  
  Weber, C. F. (2000b) Bestäubung von Neonauclea pallida (Rubiaceae) durch Pyraliden in Süd-Thailand. [Pollination of Neonauclea pallida (Rubiacea) by pyralid moths in Southern Thailand]. Linzer biol. Beitr. 32 (2): 247. [in German]
  
  Yoshiyasu, Y., (1987) The Nymphulinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Thailand, with descriptions of a new genus and six new species. In Kuroko, H. & Moriuti, S. (eds.) Microlepidoptera of Thailand 1: 133-184.

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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