Gyrtona pyraloides (Walker, 1863)

Qi, Feng, Wang, Ke, Xue, Dayong & Yang, Ding, 2011, A taxonomic revision of the Stictopterinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae) in China, Zootaxa 2926, pp. 1-45 : 11

Gyrtona pyraloides (Walker, 1863)

Chuduca pyraloides Walker, 1863a , J. Proc. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 7: 165. Syntypes: Borneo: Sarawak (OUM). Gyrtona albodentata Moore, 1882 , in Hewitson & Moore, Descr. new Indian lepid. Insects Colln late Mr W.S. Atkinson: 165. Lophoptera kheili Pagenstecher, 1885 , J. B. Nass. Ver., 38: 30.

Nigramma pyraloides: Hampson, 1912 , Cat. Lepid. Phal. Br. Mus., 11: 198.

Gyrtona pyraloides: Holloway, 1985 , Malay. Nat. J., 38: 249.

Diagnosis. The forewing is dark-brown with purplish shining; the antemedial line has a rufous dot in the cell; a greenish-white patch lies on the middle of 2A; the submarginal line is white, slightly outlined with black shadow posteriorly. In the male genitalia, the uncus is bended basally; the harpe is short and thin, about one sixth length of the sacculus.

Material examined. None.

Distribution. China (Hainan), India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea. The species was reported for China by Chen (2002).