Trirachys indutus (Newman, 1842)

Fig. 14

Hammaticherus indutus Newman, 1842b: 245. TL: Philippines (Luzon); TD: NHMUK

Distribution.

Palaearctic Region: China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hong Kong, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang) (Yiu 2009; Lin and Yang 2019; Danilevsky 2020). Oriental Region: India; Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan); Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines; Thailand; Sri Lanka; Vietnam (Makihara et al. 2008; Nga et al. 2014).

Macau records.

Taipa, University of East Asia Campus, 5 Apr 1992, on outside wall of Block I building (Easton 1992: 34); Macau, University of East Asia [no data], ER Easton leg (UMEC); ibidem [no data], ER Easton leg (UMEC); 1♀, Coloane, 16 Apr 1994, WW Tong (CIAM); 1♂, Coloane Village, 27 Apr 2020, under street light at night, R Perissinotto (IZCAS); 1♀, ibidem 19 Mar 2021, Lynette Clennell (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/71677935).

Remarks.

This species was recorded only twice during the census and the specimens exhibited a total length of 30-37 mm and a maximum width of 8-10.5 mm. It has been reported previously from the region and from Hong Kong as Aeolesthes induta (Newman, 1842) (Easton 1992; Yiu 2009; Yiu and Yip 2011). Larval host plants include Camellia thea, Chloroxylon swietenia, Delonix regia, Dracontomelon dao, Eugenia operculata, Hymenodictyon excelsum, Melia azedarach, M. japonica, Parashorea malayanonan, Pinus sp., Sapium sebiferum and Theobroma sp. (Duffy 1968; Makihara et al. 2008; Yiu 2009).