Courtship behavior in several pyralid species is associated with the exposure to male hair pencils (HPs) or special scales that released volatile compounds. HP chemicals induce conspecific female and/or male behaviors and are therefore qualified as male pheromones. Preliminary observation on the coffee berry moth (CBM), Prophantis smaragdina Butler (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae) mating ...

The identity of Syllepte incomptalis Hübner, 1823 is elucidated. Pantographa Lederer, 1863, syn. n., and Micromartinia Amsel, 1957, are junior synonyms 1823, including 15 species: S. (=P. idmonalis Druce, 1895, n.); acoetesalis (Walker, 1859), comb. n.; dialis Schaus, 1912 (=S. strigicincta Hampson, 1912, expansalis (Lederer, 1863), gorgonalis (Druce, 1895), limata (Grote & Robinson, 1867), scr...

The Udea species (currently six) present in the Afrotropical realm are revised based on adults. Phlyctaenia epicoena Meyrick, 1937 syn. nov. is found to be identical with U. ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796). delineatalis (Walker Melliss 1875) and hageni Viette, 1952 redescribed. In addition, five of described as new science: kirinyaga Mally sp. from Mount Kenya Kenya, nicholsae , meruensis momella all...

Nagiella occultalis Misbah & Yang, sp. n. from China is described and illustrated. This new species is very similar to N. quadrimaculalis (Kollar, 1844) in general morphological characters of forewing and male genitalia. Molecular evidence shows that these two species diverge in COI barcode region by more than 3.2%. Sequence divergence among the two species is congruent with subtle morphologica...

Tetracona amathealis (Walker, 1859) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) is previously known from Australia and New Guinea, where it feeds on the native Eucalyptus tereticornis Sm. (Myrtaceae). The objective of this study was report, for first time, T. in Indonesia as well to record new host plants insect. Were collected manually a grandis W. Hill. × pellita F. Muell. hybrid commercial plantation Riau, Sum...