Marasmia trapezalis

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cr254
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900
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krushnamegh@ifoundbutterflies.org
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References
This taxon used to be in Cnaphalocrocis, but has been transferred to Marasmia recently. This is reflected in the GlobizPyraloidea website. Referencing from that site,

trapezalis (Guenée, 1854), as Salbia; TL Sierra Leone
= Botys convectalis Walker, 1865; TL South Hindostan
= Botys suspicalis Walker, 1859; TL Ceylon
= Dolichosticha perinephes Meyrick, 1886; TL Fiji

Links: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37754#page/210/mode/1up (very good original description by Guenée, in French)

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120189#page/697/mode/1up
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120100#page/717/mode/1up (Walker's descriptions from the Indian subcontinent)

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50990#page/270/mode/1up (Meyrick's description, easily the best)

To confirm that the African specimens (original type locality) do resemble the Indian ones:

https://www.africanmoths.com/pages/CRAMBIDAE/SPILOMELINAE/cnaphalocrocis%20trapezalis.html
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74149644 (sample observation from Angola)

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Month
November
Year
2020
Day
29