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Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854)

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Higher taxa: Crambidae (family)/  Spilomelinae (subfamily)/  Spilomelini (tribe)/  Marasmia (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Guenée, 1854)
Citation:Salbia Trapezalis Gn.
Original genus:Salbia
Publication:Guenée A. M. 1854. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. VIII. Species général des Lépidoptères. Deltoïdes et Pyralites.
Journal:—
Volume:8
Issue:
Pagination:200
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9825856
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Marasmia trapezalis (1)
Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Marasmia by E. G. Munroe (1991), see also S. E. Miller et al. (2014a: 134).

Miller S. E., Martins D. J., Rosati M. E. & Hebert P. D. N. 2014a. DNA barcodes of moths (Lepidoptera) from Lake Turkana, Kenya.
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Holotype ♂ NHMUK Holotype ♂, NHMUK. Sierra Leone Sierra Leone.
GenBank Accession Number Publication
KF147300
KF147304
KF147305
KF147306
KF147307
KF147308
KF147309
KF147310
KF147311
KF147312
KF147302
KF147303
KF603887
JX017849
Distribution note:

Australasia: Australia, Fiji, Palau, Polynesia; Neotropical: Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru; Oriental: S. China, India, Indonesia (Sulawesi), Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka; Palaearctic: Egypt.

Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Cameroon page D. Simon
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the North Kivu Sjöstedt Y. 1926. Zoological results of the Swedish Expedition to Central Africa 1921. Insecta. 23. Abschluss und Zusammenfassung. page 10
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Orientale Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). page 125
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). page 125
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Equateur Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). page 125
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Gambia Druce H. 1887. Lepidoptera Heterocera. – In: Moloney A. C., Sketch of the forestry of West Africa with particular reference to its present principal commercial products. page 506 (as creonalis)
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Kenya Le Cerf F. 1922c. Voyage de Mr. le Baron Maurice de Rothschild en Ethiopie et en Afrique orientale anglaise (1904–1905). Lépidoptères. Hétérocères. page 474
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Liberia Poltavsky A. N., Sáfián Sz., Simonics G., Kravchenko V. D. & Müller G. C. 2019. The Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) fauna in the Liberian Nimba Mountains, West Africa, at the end of the dry season. page 26
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Madagascar Paulian R. & Viette P. 1956. Essai d'un catalogue biologique des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Tananarive. page 175
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Mali Poltavsky A. N., Kravchenko V. D., Traore M. M., Traore S. F., Gergely P., Witt T. J., Sulak H., Beck R. H.-T., Junnila A., Revay E. E., Doumbia S., Beier J. C. & Müller G. C. 2018b. The Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) fauna of the woody savannah belt in Mali, West Africa. page 52
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Mauritius Martiré D. & Rochat J. 2008. Les papillons de La Réunion et leurs chenilles. page 245
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Mozambique Joannis J. de 1927. Pyralidae d'Afrique australe, principalement du district de Lourenço-Marques. page 247
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Namibia page H. Roland
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Nigeria Miller S. E., Martins D. J., Rosati M. E. & Hebert P. D. N. 2014a. DNA barcodes of moths (Lepidoptera) from Lake Turkana, Kenya. page 134
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Oman Büttiker W. & Gallagher M. D. 1980. First records of ophthalmotrophic behaviour of Lepidoptera in Oman. page 218
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Réunion Guillermet C. & Guillermet C. W. W. 1986. Contribution à l'étude des Papillons Hétérocères de l'Ile de la Réunion. Résultats des chasses de nuit à l'usage des amateurs et des débutants. page 48
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Saint Helena Wollaston T. V. 1879. Notes on the Lepidoptera of St. Helena, with descriptions of new species. page 338
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Saudi Arabia Walsingham Thomas de Grey & Hampson G. F. 1896. On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland. page 274
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Senegal Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). page 125
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Seychelles Cerf Hampson G. F. 1908a. On the moths collected during the cruise of the "Valhalla" during the winter 1905–06 by Mr. E. G. B. Meade-Waldo. page 486
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Seychelles Silhouette Fryer J. C. F. 1912. The Lepidoptera of Seychelles and Aldabra, exclusive of the Orneodidae and Pterophoridae and of the Tortricina and Tineina. page 26
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Seychelles Fregate Fletcher T. B. 1910a. Lepidoptera exclusive of the Tortricidae and Tineidae, with some remarks on their distribution and means of dispersal among the islands of the Indian Ocean. (The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905). page 303
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Seychelles La Digue De Prins W. & Mazzei P. 2016. Some faunistic notes on selected moth species (Lepidoptera) from the Seychelles. page 25
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Seychelles Mahé Joannis J. de 1899. Note sur quelques Lépidoptères des îles Séchelles. page 197
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Sierra Leone Guenée A. M. 1854. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. VIII. Species général des Lépidoptères. Deltoïdes et Pyralites. page 200
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Somalia Walsingham Thomas de Grey & Hampson G. F. 1896. On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland. page 274
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Sudan Warren W. & Rothschild W. 1905. Lepidoptera from the Sudan. page 29
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Tanzania Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). page 125
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Uganda Hargreaves H. 1939. Notes on some pests of maize and millets in Uganda. page 106
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Uganda Ssese Islands Grünberg K. 1910a. Zur Kenntnis der Lepidopterenfauna der Sesse-Inseln im Victoria Nyanza. page 161
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Zambia Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. page 497
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Zimbabwe page R. Butler
Plant note:

Adult moths feed on the eye liquids of mamals (see W. Büttiker & M. D. Gallagher 1980).

Büttiker W. & Gallagher M. D. 1980. First records of ophthalmotrophic behaviour of Lepidoptera in Oman.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Brachiaria sp. Poaceae Mali Poltavsky A. N., Kravchenko V. D., Traore M. M., Traore S. F., Gergely P., Witt T. J., Sulak H., Beck R. H.-T., Junnila A., Revay E. E., Doumbia S., Beier J. C. & Müller G. C. 2018b. The Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) fauna of the woody savannah belt in Mali, West Africa. page 53
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Brachiaria sp. Poaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 48
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Imperata cylindrica Poaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 48
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Imperata cylindrica Poaceae Mali Poltavsky A. N., Kravchenko V. D., Traore M. M., Traore S. F., Gergely P., Witt T. J., Sulak H., Beck R. H.-T., Junnila A., Revay E. E., Doumbia S., Beier J. C. & Müller G. C. 2018b. The Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) fauna of the woody savannah belt in Mali, West Africa. page 53
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Oryza sativa Poaceae Mali Poltavsky A. N., Kravchenko V. D., Traore M. M., Traore S. F., Gergely P., Witt T. J., Sulak H., Beck R. H.-T., Junnila A., Revay E. E., Doumbia S., Beier J. C. & Müller G. C. 2018b. The Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) fauna of the woody savannah belt in Mali, West Africa. page 53
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Panicum maximum Poaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 48
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Panicum maximum Poaceae Mali Poltavsky A. N., Kravchenko V. D., Traore M. M., Traore S. F., Gergely P., Witt T. J., Sulak H., Beck R. H.-T., Junnila A., Revay E. E., Doumbia S., Beier J. C. & Müller G. C. 2018b. The Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) fauna of the woody savannah belt in Mali, West Africa. page 53
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Panicum trichocladum Poaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 48
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Panicum trichocladum Poaceae Uganda Hargreaves H. 1939. Notes on some pests of maize and millets in Uganda. page 106
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Paspalum notatum Poaceae Mali Poltavsky A. N., Kravchenko V. D., Traore M. M., Traore S. F., Gergely P., Witt T. J., Sulak H., Beck R. H.-T., Junnila A., Revay E. E., Doumbia S., Beier J. C. & Müller G. C. 2018b. The Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) fauna of the woody savannah belt in Mali, West Africa. page 53
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Paspalum notatum Poaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 48
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Pennisetum clandestinum Poaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 48
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Pennisetum clandestinum Poaceae Mali Poltavsky A. N., Kravchenko V. D., Traore M. M., Traore S. F., Gergely P., Witt T. J., Sulak H., Beck R. H.-T., Junnila A., Revay E. E., Doumbia S., Beier J. C. & Müller G. C. 2018b. The Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) fauna of the woody savannah belt in Mali, West Africa. page 53
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Saccharum officinarum Poaceae Mali Poltavsky A. N., Kravchenko V. D., Traore M. M., Traore S. F., Gergely P., Witt T. J., Sulak H., Beck R. H.-T., Junnila A., Revay E. E., Doumbia S., Beier J. C. & Müller G. C. 2018b. The Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) fauna of the woody savannah belt in Mali, West Africa. page 53
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Setaria sphacelata Poaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 48
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Sorghum bicolor Poaceae Mali Poltavsky A. N., Kravchenko V. D., Traore M. M., Traore S. F., Gergely P., Witt T. J., Sulak H., Beck R. H.-T., Junnila A., Revay E. E., Doumbia S., Beier J. C. & Müller G. C. 2018b. The Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) fauna of the woody savannah belt in Mali, West Africa. page 53
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Sorghum sp. Poaceae Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). page 125
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Sorghum vulgare Poaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 48
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Triticum aestivum Poaceae Mali Poltavsky A. N., Kravchenko V. D., Traore M. M., Traore S. F., Gergely P., Witt T. J., Sulak H., Beck R. H.-T., Junnila A., Revay E. E., Doumbia S., Beier J. C. & Müller G. C. 2018b. The Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) fauna of the woody savannah belt in Mali, West Africa. page 53
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Triticum aestivum Poaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 48 (as T. sativum)
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Zea mays Poaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 48
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Zea mays Poaceae Uganda Hargreaves H. 1939. Notes on some pests of maize and millets in Uganda. page 106
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Zea mays Poaceae Tanzania Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). page 125
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Apanteles hemara Braconidae Mauritius Madl M. & van Achterberg C. 2014. A catalogue of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of the Malagasy subregion. page 130
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Marasmia andresi (Rebel, 1912) (Rebel, 1912) species Synonym Bradina andresi
Marasmia bifurcalis (Snellen, 1880) (Snellen, 1880) species Synonym Cnaphalocrocis bifurcalis
Marasmia convectalis (Walker, 1866) (Walker, 1866) species Synonym Botys convectalis
Marasmia creonalis (Walker, 1859) (Walker, 1859) species Synonym Botys creonalis
Marasmia neoclesalis (Walker, 1859) (Walker, 1859) species Synonym Botys neoclesalis
Marasmia perinephes (Meyrick, 1886) (Meyrick, 1886) species Synonym Dolichosticha perinephes
Marasmia suspicalis (Walker, 1859) (Walker, 1859) species Synonym Botys suspicalis