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Anatrachyntis incertulella (Walker)
Gelechia incertulella Walker, 1864 [1856–1866]:658.
Pyroderces incertulella (Walker).—Meyrick, 1929a:497.—Viette, 1949a:318.—Swezey, 1954:146.
Stagmatophora (Proterocosma) incertulella (Walker).—Walsingham, 1907:515, pl. 15: fig. 20.
Aeoloscelis aulacosema Lower, 1904:172.
Stagmatophora (Proterocosma) tridigitella Walsingham, 1907:515.
Pyroderces subcarnea Meyrick, 1924c:553.
Anatrachyntis incertulella (Walker).—Clarke, 1971:150, fig. 122, pl. 19h.—Zimmerman, 1978:1044, figs, 734, 735, 740,741.
TYPES.—In the British Museum (Natural History) (incertulella, tridigitella, subcarnea); in the South Australian Museum (aulacosema).
TYPE-LOCALITIES.—Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) (incertulella); Rapa (tridigitella); Rodriguez Id. (subcarnea); MacKay, Queensland (aulacosema).
DISTRIBUTION.—Hawaiian Islands, Australia, Fiji, Pitcairn, Austral Islands, Okinawa, Tahiti, Marquesas Islands.
Our records from the Marquesas are as follows. Nuku Hiva: Taiohae, 17 Jan to 6 Feb 1968, 1, 2 Tapuaooa, 2500 ft (762 m), 1. Toovii, Ooumu, 900 m, 16–19 Jul 1977, 1 (Montgomery). Hiva Oa: Atuona, 16–28 Feb 1968, 3, 2 Mt. Feani, 3800 ft (1158 m), 20 Feb 1968, 3. Fatu Hiva: Mt. Teoaiua, 2000 ft (610 m), 22 Mar 1968, 3, 8; Tahuna, 2000 ft (610 m), 27 Mar 1968, 4, 17; Omoa, 17 Mar 1968, 1; Omoa Valley, 5 Apr 1968, 2. Teavapuhiau, Ouia, 2437 ft (750 m), 1–3 Aug 1977, 1 (Montgomery).
FOOD PLANT.—Pandanus tectorius Parkinson, and probably other species of Pandanus.
Undoubtedly, this species will be found wherever Pandanus grows.
- bibliographic citation
- Clarke, J. F. Gates. 1986. "Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-485. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.416