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Pleuroptya straminea (Butler, 1875)

Permalink:	SYLLSTRA
Higher taxa:	Crambidae (family)/ Spilomelinae (subfamily)/ Agroterini (tribe)/ Pleuroptya (genus)/ Pleuroptya (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Butler, 1875)
Citation:	Botys straminea, n. sp.
Original genus:	Botys
Publication:	Butler A. G. 1875b. On a collection of Lepidoptera from southern Africa, with descriptions of new genera and species.
Journal:	Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Volume:	(4) 16
Issue:	96
Pagination:	416
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25128302

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Pleuroptya straminea (1)

Taxonomic note:

Misplaced in Syllepte, see M. A. Solis et al. (2023: 355); transferred to Patania by K. V. N. Maes (2024b: 19). Newly combined with Pleuroptya (K. Maes i.l. 2026-05-25).

Maes K. V. N. 2024b. Studies on Crambidae VI: Cristabotys gen. nov. a new genus of Spilomelinae from Africa (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Spilomelinae).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Pleuroptya straminea (Butler, 1875)	Holotype	♀	NHMUK	Holotype ♀, no 1055025, NHMUK.	South Africa	South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, leg. Burrows.

Distribution note:

The occurrence on Seychelles, Farquhar and Desroches, is doubtful (see Fletcher T. B. 1910a: 307).

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).

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication
Pleuroptya straminea (Butler, 1875)	Kenya		Maes K. V. N. 2024b. Studies on Crambidae VI: Cristabotys gen. nov. a new genus of Spilomelinae from Africa (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Spilomelinae). page 19
Pleuroptya straminea (Butler, 1875)	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Butler A. G. 1875b. On a collection of Lepidoptera from southern Africa, with descriptions of new genera and species. page 416
Pleuroptya straminea (Butler, 1875)	South Africa	Limpopo	Maes K. V. N. 2024b. Studies on Crambidae VI: Cristabotys gen. nov. a new genus of Spilomelinae from Africa (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Spilomelinae). page 19
Pleuroptya straminea (Butler, 1875)	Tanzania		Maes K. V. N. 2024b. Studies on Crambidae VI: Cristabotys gen. nov. a new genus of Spilomelinae from Africa (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Spilomelinae). page 19

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Pleuroptya straminea (Butler, 1875)	Dombeya burgessiae	Malvaceae	South Africa	Maes K. V. N. 2024b. Studies on Crambidae VI: Cristabotys gen. nov. a new genus of Spilomelinae from Africa (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Spilomelinae). page 19

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

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