Tyrictaca semihyalina ( Hampson, 1919 )

Gorbunov, Oleg G., 2022, A new species of the genus Tyrictaca Walker, 1862 (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) from West Malaysia with a catalogue of the genus, Zootaxa 5104 (1), pp. 125-136 : 133

Tyrictaca semihyalina ( Hampson, 1919)

“ Neotinthia semihyalina n. sp. ”— Hampson 1919: 115. Type locality: “Burma, Ahsoon Hamdrow (Bingham), ...” [= Myanmar] .

Holotype ♂ ( BMNH).

Literature. Dalla Torre & Strand 1925: 180 ( Neotinthia semihyalina ); Gaede 1933: 797 ( Neotinthia semihyalina ); Heppner & Duckworth 1981: 22 ( Neotinthia semihyalina ); Robinson et al. 1994: 106, pl. 12, fig. 17 ( Neotinthia semihyalina ); Pühringer & Kallies 2004: 7 ( Ceratocorema semihyalinum ); Kallies 2020: 11, 12 ( Tyrictaca semihyalina ); Arita et al. 2021: 9, 59, figs 28a–b ( Neotinthia semihyalina ); Pühringer & Kallies 2021 ( Tyrictaca semihyalina ).

Flight period. The holotype label has the collection date “ February 1890 ” ( Arita et al. 2021: 59, fig. 29b).

Host plant. Unknown.

Distribution. It is known from Myanmar. Records from Thailand and Malaysia ( Robinson et al. 1994: 106) require careful verification.

Remarks. The female is unknown and the male genitalia have not yet been investigated.