Ancylolomia chrysographellus

Last updated

Ancylolomia chrysographellus
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Ancylolomiini
Genus: Ancylolomia
Species:
A. chrysographellus
Binomial name
Ancylolomia chrysographellus
Kollar & Redtenbacher, 1844
Synonyms
  • Chilo chrysographellusKollar & Redtenbacher, 1844
  • Ancylolomia basistrigaMoore, 1886
  • Ancylolomia bassistrigaBłeszyński & Collins, 1962
  • Jartheza cassimellaSwinhoe, 1887
  • Jartheza responsellaWalker, 1863
  • Jartheza xylinellaWalker, 1863

Ancylolomia chrysographellus, the angled grass moth, [1] is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found on Cyprus [2] and in Kenya, Uganda, Yemen, [3] India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, [4] Myanmar, China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines and Indonesia.

Description

The wingspan is 25–30 mm for females and 20 mm for males. [5] Antennae of male with short uniseriate laminated branches, which is simple in female. It is a brownish-ochreous moth. Forewings with silvery and yellow fascia, with streaks of black scales on them in cell and the interspaces beyond and below it. A minutely dentate submarginal silvery line with a more prominent tooth at vein 3. A whitish marginal band with a series of dark specks on it. Cilia silvery. Hindwings whitish, pale fuscous, or dark fuscous in Sri Lankan specimens. The forewings may have a white fascia developed on median nervure. [6]

It is a minor pest of rice. The larvae are known to feed on many grasses.

Related Research Articles

<i>Hippotion celerio</i> Species of moth

Hippotion celerio, the vine hawk-moth or silver-striped hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

<i>Cirrhochrista bracteolalis</i> Species of moth

Cirrhochrista bracteolalis is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in China, Taiwan, India, the Philippines Sri Lanka and Cambodia.

Emmalocera nigricostalis is a species of snout moth in the genus Emmalocera. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in western Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Borneo, the Andamans, Fiji and Taiwan.

Metacrateria pulverulella is a species of snout moth. It was described by George Hampson in 1918. It is found in Sri Lanka.

<i>Hypena obacerralis</i> Species of moth

Hypena obacerralis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found throughout Africa, the Middle East and South Asia and Malaysia.

<i>Phazaca theclata</i> Species of moth

Phazaca theclata is a moth of the family Uraniidae. It was first described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It is known from Africa south of the Sahara, from Saudi Arabia, as well as from India, Japan, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

<i>Plusiodonta coelonota</i> Species of moth

Plusiodonta coelonota, the snake vine moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Vincenz Kollar in 1844. It is found from India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Andaman Islands, Australia, Papua New Guinea, to South and South-East Asia.

Ziridava xylinaria, the indistinct carpet, is a moth in the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Hong Kong and on Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java and possibly the Philippines and Sulawesi.

<i>Isturgia catalaunaria</i> Species of moth

Isturgia catalaunaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1858.

Sauris hirudinata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It is found in Fiji, Sri Lanka, India, Hong Kong, as well as on Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.

Ancylolomia locupletellus, the Glossy grass-moth is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Vincenz Kollar and Ludwig Redtenbacher in 1844. It is found in India.

Calamotropha anticella is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in South Africa and Sri Lanka.

Calamotropha atkinsoni is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1863. It is found in south-east Asia, where it has been recorded from India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Singapore and Sulawesi.

Calamotropha oculalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Samuel Constantinus Snellen van Vollenhoven in 1893. It is found on Java and Sri Lanka.

Roxita adspersella is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Pieter Cornelius Tobias Snellen in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Culladia admigratella is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It has a wide range in the tropics, and has been recorded from the British Indian Ocean Territory, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Nigeria, the Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Socotra, India, Myanmar, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Sumatra.

Mesolia pandavella is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1889. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.

Surattha invectalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Java, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Kenya.

Prionapteryx scitulellus is a moth in the family Crambidae described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in India, Sri Lanka and Kenya.

Ptychopseustis argentisparsalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Sri Lanka.

References

  1. ↑ "Angled Grass Moth". African Moths. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Ancylolomia chrysographellus (Kollar, 1844)". Afromoths. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  4. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Ancylolomia chrysographellus (Kollar, [1844])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  5. ↑ World Bibliography of Rice Stem Borers, 1794-1990
  6. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.