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Uresiphita gilvata Phalaena

Description

488. Uresiphita gilvata (Fabricius, 1794: 208) (Phalaena)

Type locality: India orientali

= Pyralis polygonalis [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775: 121 (misidentification)

Type locality: [Austria], Wienergegend [surroundings of Vienna]

= Pyralis limbalis [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775: 122

Type locality: [Austria], Wienergegend [surroundings of Vienna]

= Phalaena orientalis Fabricius, 1794: 234

Type locality: India orientali

= Pyralis diversalis Hübner, [1796] 1796 –1833c: 25, pl. 16 fig. 102

Type locality: Switzerland

= Pyralis rusticalis Hübner, [1796] 1796 –1833c: 26, pl. 18 fig. 121

Type locality: Oesterreich [Austria]

= Mecyna aversalis Guenée, 1854: 409, pl. 4 fig. 12

Type locality: Ethiopia /Eritrea [Abyssinie]

= Mecyna consanguinalis Guenée, 1854: 410

Type locality: Ethiopia /Eritrea [Abyssinie]

= Mecyna teriadalis Guenée, 1854: 410

Type locality: unknown (Algeria?)

= Mecyna deprivalis Walker, 1859a: 806

Type locality: Ceylon [Sri Lanka]

= Botys polygonalis var. meridionalis Wocke, 1871: 209

Type locality: “Europa meridionalis”

= Uresiphita gilvata virescens (Butler, 1881b: 329) (Mecyna)

Type locality: U.S.A., Hawaii, Maui, Haleakala, 4000–5000 ft

= Mecyna polygonalis var. extinctalis Caradja, 1916: 27

Type locality: Chamil Hami

= Mecyna polygonalis var. gracilis Caradja, 1916: 27

Type locality: Tura

= Mecyna hemiclista Meyrick, 1936c: 16

Type locality: Belgian Congo [Democratic Republic of the Congo], Elisabethville [Lubumbashi]

= Mecyna polygonalis carbonalis Caradja, 1939: 23

Type locality: China, Sichuan, Batang

= Uresiphita polygonalis ochrocrossa Clarke, 1971: 73, figs 70a–c, pl. 10 figs a–b

Type locality: French Polynesia, Rapa Island, Piahu, 231 m

Distribution. Indian records: Punjab, Dehradun (UP [presently in Uttarakhand]), Nilgiri, Palni Hills (Tamil Nadu) (Gupta 1994). Global records: Ceylon, E. Europe, Madeira, Syria, Abyssinia, Aden, Karachi, Ceylon (Hampson 1896b), Japan (Yoshiyasu 1975).

Notes

Published as part of Singh, Navneet, Ranjan, Rahul, Talukdar, Avishek, Joshi, Rahul, Kirti, Jagbir Singh, Chandra, Kailash & Mally, Richard, 2022, A catalogue of Indian Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera), pp. 1-423 in Zootaxa 5197 (1) on pages 233-234, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5197.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7252292

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References

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  • Guenee, M. A. (1854) Deltoides et Pyralites. In: Boisduval, J. B. A. D. de & Guenee, M. A. (Eds.), Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species General des Lepidopteres 8. Librairie encyclopedique Roret, Paris, pp. 1 - 448.
  • Walker, F. (1859 a) List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XVI - Deltoides, XVII - Pyralides, Part XVIII - Pyralides, Part XIX - Pyralides. The Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, iv + 1036 pp.
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