Tatobotys biannulalis (Walker)

Swezey, O. H., 1946, Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Arctiidae, Agrotidae, and Pyralidae of Guam, Insects of Guam II, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 189, pp. 163-185 : 178

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5165313
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5158585
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B387B8-E944-FFAE-FE70-83A191FE0010
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Tatobotys biannulalis (Walker)
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16. * Tatobotys biannulalis (Walker) View in CoL .

Botys biannidalis Walker, List. Lep. Ins. Brit. Mus. 34: 1439, 1865.

Tatobotys biannulalis, Tams, Ins. Samoa 3 (4): 263, 1935.

Occurs in India, Malay Archipelago, Solomons, New Guinea, New Hebrides, Fiji, Samoa, Society Islands.

This moth was reared quite abundantly from caterpillars found feeding in decaying leaves at base of rice plants at Inarajan , June 8, Swezey; in grass, Piti , May 22, 31, and at light, Aug. 9, Swezey; Sasa , June 22, collected in fallow rice field, Swezey .