Hymenoptychis sordida Zeller, 1852

FAMILY	Crambidae
SUBFAMILY	Spilomelinae
GENUS	Hymenoptychis
SPECIES	sordida
AUTHOR	Zeller, 1852
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	[Hymenoptychis] Sordida
TYPE LOCALITY	[South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal], "Patria terra Natalensis", leg. J. A. Wahlberg.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♂, BMNH.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Zeller P. C. 1852b. Lepidoptera Microptera, quae J. A. Wahlberg in Caffrorum terra collegit. - Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Nye Handlingar (Ser. 3) 40:1-120.
PAGINATION	65

Synonyms

NAME	AUTHOR	STATUS
pterophoralis	(Walker, 1866)	Synonym of species
tipuliformis	(Walker, 1863)	Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
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, ... - — 2(2):93-146, pl. 6.	132
Madagascar	Europa	Viette P. 1966e. L'Entomofaune de l'ile Europa. - Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (A) 41:191-209.	198
Mozambique		Joannis J. de 1927. Pyralidae d'Afrique australe, principalement du district de Lourenço-Marques. - Bulletin de la Société lépidoptérologique de Genève 5(4):181-256.	245
Seychelles	Mahé	Legrand H. 1958. Nouveaux Lépidoptères des îles Séchelles et Cosmoledo. - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 63(5-6):142-146.	94
Seychelles	La Digue	Gerlach J. & Matyot P. 2006. Lepidoptera of the Seychelles islands. - — :1-130, 32 pls.	49
Seychelles	Aldabra	Fryer J. C. F. 1912. The Lepidoptera of Seychelles and Aldabra, exclusive of the Orneodidae and Pterophoridae and of the Tortricina and Tineina. - Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (2)15 (Zool.)(1):1-28, pl. 1.	25
Seychelles	Bird	Gerlach J. & Matyot P. 2006. Lepidoptera of the Seychelles islands. - — :1-130, 32 pls.	49
South Africa		Zeller P. C. 1852b. Lepidoptera Microptera, quae J. A. Wahlberg in Caffrorum terra collegit. - Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Nye Handlingar (Ser. 3) 40:1-120.	65
Tanzania		Shaffer J. C. & Munroe E. 2007. Crambidae of Aldabra Atoll (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea). - Tropical Lepidoptera 14(2003)(1-2):1-114.	67
United Arab Emirates		Asselbergs J. E. F. 2008. Order Lepidoptera, superfamily Pyraloidea. - In: van Harten, A. (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE Volume I. - — 1 (2007):469-561.	531

Notes: Australasia: Australia, Fiji, Marshall Islands; Oriental: India, Indonesia (Borneo, Sarawak), Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka.

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Acanthaceae	Avicennia marina	United Arab Emirates	Asselbergs J. E. F. 2008. Order Lepidoptera, superfamily Pyraloidea. - In: van Harten, A. (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE Volume I. - — 1 (2007):469-561.	531
Acanthaceae	Avicennia sp.		Gerlach J. & Matyot P. 2006. Lepidoptera of the Seychelles islands. - — :1-130, 32 pls.	49