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Euclasta defamatalis (Walker, 1859)

Permalink:	EUCLDEFA
Higher taxa:	Crambidae (family)/ Pyraustinae (subfamily)/ Euclastini (tribe)/ Euclasta (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Walker, 1859)
Citation:	Ilurgia defamatalis
Original genus:	Ilurgia
Publication:	Walker F. 1859c. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XVIII. – Pyralides.
Journal:	—
Volume:	18
Issue:
Pagination:	544–545
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38951910

Taxonomic note:

2♂ from Sri Lanka and Nepal, abdomens missing, are excluded from the original syntype series and described as Euclasta vitralis (see K. Maes 1997a: 21–22), BMNH.

Maes K. V. N. 1997a. On the designation of the types of Euclasta defamatalis (Walker, 1859) and E. filigeralis Lederer, 1863 and the description of a new species (Lep., Pyraloidea, Crambidae, Pyraustinae).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Euclasta defamatalis (Walker, 1859)	Holotype	♂	OUMNH	Holotype 1♂, OUMNH (see Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu 1977: 187, Maes 1997a: 21–22).	India	[India], Hindostan.	Popescu-Gorj A. & Constantinescu A. 1977. Revision of the genus Euclasta Lederer (Lepidoptera, Pyraustinae). A taxonomic and zoogeographic study. page 544–545

Distribution note:

Oriental: India, Nepal, Sri Lanka. The record of Mozambique (as E. filigeralis) needs confirmation (P. Viette 1957c: 37).

Viette P. 1957c. Un Euclasta nouveau d'Afrique orientale (Lep. Pyraustidae).

Scientific name	Country	Publication
Euclasta defamatalis (Walker, 1859)	Madagascar	Pagenstecher A. 1907. In: Voeltzkow, A. Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903–05. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse 2. Systematische Arbeiten, Bd 2,Hft 2 (Lepidoptera Heterocera von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika: Uraniidae, Geometridae, Noctuidae, Pyralidae, Thyrididae, ... page 136
Euclasta defamatalis (Walker, 1859)	Mozambique	Joannis J. de 1927. Pyralidae d'Afrique australe, principalement du district de Lourenço-Marques. page 251 (as filigeralis)
Euclasta defamatalis (Walker, 1859)	Zambia	Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. page 500

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL
Euclasta defamatalis (Walker, 1859)	Apanteles sphingivorus	Braconidae	Madagascar	Paulian R. & Viette P. 1956. Essai d'un catalogue biologique des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Tananarive.

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Euclasta filigeralis Lederer, 1863	Lederer, 1863	species	Synonym	Euclasta filigeralis