Heliothelinae Amsel 1961
Description
Diversity and distribution: comprise 29 valid species in three genera globally (Nuss et al. 2003–2022). In India, the subfamily is known by a single species, Heliothela ophideresana (Walker), representing 3.44% of the global Heliothelinae diversity. Heliothelinae are present on all the Old World continents, where they mostly inhabit arid habitats (Nuss 1998, 2005a). In India, the subfamily is distributed in the Himalaya, North East, the Western Ghats, the Deccan Peninsula, and the Coasts.
Adult characters: small, dark-winged diurnal moths with yellow to orange hindwings in many species. In the female genitalia, the corpus bursae exhibit an invaginated spine, and appendix bursae are absent (Nuss 1998, 2005a).
Larval characters: larvae are poorly studied. The body of fully-grown, 8 mm long larvae is alternately lightdark striped, with an almost black head and prothorax (Nuss 2005a).
Food plants: Schütze (1931) found the larva of the related Heliothela wulfeniana Scopoli on Mentha spp. (Lamiaceae), and Jensen (1968) reports the same species (as H. atralis Hübner) from cultivated Viola tricolor (Violaceae).
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- Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5197.1.1 (DOI)
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Crambidae
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Amsel
- Taxon rank
- subFamily
- Taxonomic concept label
- Heliothelinae Amsel, 1961 sec. Singh, Ranjan, Talukdar, Joshi, Kirti, Chandra & Mally, 2022
References
- Nuss, M. (1998) The Scopariinae and Heliothelinae stat. rev. (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae) of the Oriental Region - a revisional synopsis with descriptions of new species from the Philippines and Sumatra. Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo, Supplement 17, 475 - 528.
- Nuss, M. (2005 a) Heliothelinae. In: Goater, B., Nuss, M. & Speidel, W. (Eds.), Pyraloidea I. In: Huemer, P. & Karsholt, O. (Eds.), Microlepidoptera of Europe 4. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 109 - 111 + 182 + 223 + 257.
- Schutze, K. T. (1931) Die Biologie der Kleinschmetterlinge unter besonderer Berucksichtigung ihrer Nahrpflanzen und Erscheinungszeiten. Handbuch der Microlepidopteren. Raupenkalender - geordnet nach der Illustrierten deutschen Flora von H. Wagner. Verlag des Internationalen Entomologischen Vereins e. V., Frankfurt am Main, 235 pp.
- Jensen, H. K. (1968) En klaekning af Heliothela atralis Hb. (Lep., Pyralidae). Entomologiske Meddelelser, 36, 341 - 342.