Stomphastis chalybacma (Meyrick, 1908)

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SUBFAMILY	Ornixolinae
GENUS	Stomphastis
SPECIES	chalybacma
AUTHOR	(Meyrick, 1908)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Epicephala chalybacma, n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY	Ceylon [Sri Lanka], Peradeniya.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	Latitude: 7°16'0" Longitude: 80°36'0" Toggle map
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♂, BMNH.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Meyrick, E. 1908a. Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. VIII. - Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 18(4):806-832.
PAGINATION	811

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
India		Kuroko, H. & Lewvanich, A. 1983. Some lepidopterous insect pests attacking economically important plants in Thailand. - Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture. Series B Agriculture and Biology 35:1-9.	2
Indonesia	Sulawesi	Robinson, G. S., Tuck, K. R. & Shaffer, M. 1994. A field guide to the smaller moths of South-East Asia. - — :1-309.	46
Malaysia	West Malaysia	Robinson, G. S., Tuck, K. R. & Shaffer, M. 1994. A field guide to the smaller moths of South-East Asia. - — :1-309.	46
Malaysia	Sabah	Walker, A. K. & Huddleston, T. 1987. Chelonus chailini sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Malaysia, parasitizing gracillariid moths (Lepidoptera). - Bulletin of Entomological Research 77(3):437-440.	439
Myanmar		Kuroko, H. & Lewvanich, A. 1983. Some lepidopterous insect pests attacking economically important plants in Thailand. - Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture. Series B Agriculture and Biology 35:1-9.	2
Sri Lanka		Meyrick, E. 1908a. Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. VIII. - Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 18(4):806-832.	811
Thailand		Kuroko, H. & Lewvanich, A. 1983. Some lepidopterous insect pests attacking economically important plants in Thailand. - Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture. Series B Agriculture and Biology 35:1-9.	2

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Caesalpiniaceae	Caesalpinia decapetala	India	Robinson, G. S., Tuck, K. R. & Shaffer, M. 1994. A field guide to the smaller moths of South-East Asia. - — :1-309.	46
Caesalpiniaceae	Caesalpinia pulcherrima	India	Meyrick, E. 1912a. Exotic Microlepidoptera. - Exotic Microlepidoptera (Marlborough) 1(1):1-32.	21
Caesalpiniaceae	Caesalpinia pulcherrima	Thailand	Kuroko, H. & Lewvanich, A. 1983. Some lepidopterous insect pests attacking economically important plants in Thailand. - Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture. Series B Agriculture and Biology 35:1-9.	2
Fabaceae	Albizia saman	India	Fletcher, T. B. [1921]. Life-histories of Indian Insects. Microlepidoptera. VI. Gracillariadae [sic]. - Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture in India. Entomological Series 6 (1920)(1-6):1-217, I-L pls.	142

*   Flower-borer. The records of Eugenia sp. [Myrtaceae] and Theobroma cacao L. [Sterculiaceae] (HOSTS) are probably erroneous.

Species Parasitoids

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Braconidae	Chelonus chailini	Malaysia	Walker, A. K. & Huddleston, T. 1987. Chelonus chailini sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Malaysia, parasitizing gracillariid moths (Lepidoptera). - Bulletin of Entomological Research 77(3):437-440.	439