Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Arctiidae, Agrotidae, and Pyralidae of Guam
Author
Swezey, O. H.
Experiment Station Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, Honolulu
text
1946
1942-12-20
Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 189
Honolulu, Hawaii
Insects of Guam II
163
185
book chapter
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L:
Cram. busmalacellus
Duponchel
.
Crambus malacellus
Duponchel
,
Lep. Fr.
8:
61
, pl.
270,
fig. 5,
1827
.
Crambus malacellus,
Hampson
,
Fauna Brit.
<collectingCountry box="[1283,1377,558,601]" name="India" pageId="13" pageNumber="176">India</collectingCountry>
, Moths
4
:
17
,
1896
.
.
Piti hills, May 1, Usinger; Piti hills, June 3, swept from sedges, Swezey; Barrigada, July 22, Swezey; Piti, July 26, Aug. 18, at light, Swezey. One specimen in
U. S.
National Museum, Fullaway, 1911 and one in Bishop Museum.
A widely distributed species, occurring in Palaearctic, Ethiopian,
Oriental
, and Australian regions. It is very common in grasslands, the moths flying up when disturbed.