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Nagiella quadrimaculalis

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Nagiella quadrimaculalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Nagiella
Species:
N. quadrimaculalis
Binomial name
Nagiella quadrimaculalis
Synonyms
  • Scopula quadrimaculalis Kollar & Redtenbacher, 1844
  • Nagia desmialis Walker, 1866
  • Nagiella desmialis (Walker, 1866)
  • Pleuroptya quadrimaculalis
  • Patania quadrimaculalis

Nagiella quadrimaculalis is a moth in the subfamily Spilomelinae in the family Crambidae.[1][2] It is widely distributed in southern and eastern Asia and is known from Nepal, Northeast India (Sikkim), China (Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Gansu, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Hebei, Hubei, Shandong, Hunan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Tibet, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Fujian), the Russian Far East (Amur and Primorye regions, Kuriles),[3] Korea, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima, Yakushima),[4] Taiwan, Indonesia and Malaysia (including Borneo).[2] It is also present in the former Équateur province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[5]

The wingspan is 26–43 mm (1.0–1.7 in). The wings are brown. The larvae feed on Rhus chinensis (Anacardiaceae).[2]

In the past, the species was placed in the genus Pleuroptya (now a synonym of Patania), of which Nagiella was long considered a synonym.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2025). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". www.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
  2. ^ a b c d Lu, Xiao-Qiang & Du, Xi-Cui (2020). "Revision of Nagiella Munroe (Lepidoptera, Crambidae), with the description of a new species from China". ZooKeys (964): 143–159. Bibcode:2020ZooK..964..143L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.964.55703. PMC 7471130. PMID 32939150.
  3. ^ "Pyraliodea collection of Siberian Zoological Museum". Siberian Zoological Museum.
  4. ^ "Pleuroptya quadrimaculalis (Kollar, [1844])". Japanese Moths (in Japanese).
  5. ^ De Prins, Jurate; De Prins, Willy (2023). "Patania quadrimaculalis (Kollar, 1844)". Afromoths. Retrieved 2025-03-27.