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  Taxonomy

  
  

  The holotype of Sameodes miltochristalis Hampson, 1896 374-375 from India (Sikkim) is in the BMNH.

  
  

     syn. Epipagis setinalis Hampson 1919a: 277. TL Taiwan. As syn. LepIndex);

  
  

     ms syn Epipagis setinialis Snellen 1901 (Mispell.);

  
  

     syn. Sameodes equicalcaralis Strand 1918: 61, pl. 1,2. TL Taiwan (Kaoshung Co.). As a var. (Shibuya, 1928: 30, Wang & Speidel, 200: 106).

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  Description

  
  

  Wing length: 13mm. The sp. is very variable and may have a brown suffusion around the streaks. Wang & Speidel (2000) illustrate var equicalcaralis (Strand, 1918). BOLD taxon #19606. Xhaofu Yang treats this sp. from China as Tabidia. Bold taxon # 273069. Do not confuse with several superficially similar Arctidae; Arctiinae spp. The name miltochristalis refers to the similarity

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  Distribution & Habitat

  
  

  South Africa, India (Sikkim, Meghalaya, Nagaland), Burma, W. Malaysia, Kalimantan Timur, Taiwan, China. Lowland; <650m.

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  Life History & Pest Status

  
  

  no content available.

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  Similar spp.

  
  

  Eusabena sp. 1

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  Unrelated Look-alikes

  
  

  Erebidae (Arctiinae) spp.; Dichocrocis actinialis group.

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  References

  
  

  Hampson, G.F. (1896) Moths, Vol. IV, In Blandford, W.T. (ed.), The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, W.T., Taylor and Francis, London: xxiii + 594pp.

  
  

  Hampson, G.F. (1919a) XXVIII Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the Subfamilies Crambinae & Signae, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 9, 3, (15): 275-292.

  
  

  Munroe, E.G., Diakonoff, A. & Martin, E.L. (1958) Catalogue of Snellen's types of Pyralidae with selections of lectotypes. Tijdschr. v. Ent., 101 (2): 65-88.

  
  

  Snellen, P.C.T., (1900 [1901]) Eenige Aanteekeningen over Pyraliden., Tijdschr. v. Ent., 43: 265-310, pl. 15-17. [in Dutch]

  
  

  Strand (1918) D. ent. Zeitschr. Iris, 32: 61, pl. 1,2.

  
  

  Wang, HsiauYue. & Speidel, W (2000) Guide Book to Insects in Taiwan (19). Pyraloidea (Pyralidae, Crambidae). Shu Shin Books, Taipei, Taiwan: pp 295.

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  Genitalia

  
  

  no content available.

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  DNA Barcode

  
  

  BOLD taxon #19606. Xhaofu Yang treats this sp. from China as Tabidia. Bold taxon # 273069.

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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