Conogethes parvipunctalis Inoue & Yamanaka, 2006

Conogethes parvipunctalis是草螟科(Crambidae)斑野螟亞科(Spilomelinae)的成員，廣泛分佈於日本、臺灣、印度、菲律賓、尼泊爾、爪哇、婆羅洲、蘇門答臘與蘇拉維西等地。本種的頭、胸、腹被被方為鮮黃色，下唇鬚全為黃色，胸部與腹部有黑點，前翅為黃色底，亞外緣線、後中線、中線、前中線與亞基線由多個黑點組成，部份黑點延長成短黑線；後翅亦為黃色底，亞外緣線與後中線由多個黑點組成，部份黑點延長成短黑線，前中線僅靠內緣處有一小段，近基部靠前緣有一個大黑點。本屬的相關描述請參考本網誌文章─Conogethes pinicolalis Inoue & Yamanaka, 2006。C. parvipunctalis翅紋與其他外部形態特徵極近似於桃蛀野螟(C. punctiferalis)，除了黑斑較不發達與體型較小外，幾乎無法以靠翅紋辨識，必須藉由比較生殖器來鑑定。圖中標本採於台中市和平鄉烏石坑，2012年5月。

A Brief Introduction

Conogethes parvipunctalis represents one of the three Conogethes species in Taiwan and is very similar to C. punctiferalis. There are no reliable characters of wing pattern to distinguish C. parvipunctalis from C. punctiferalis, however, the former is smaller than the latter.

Reference
Inoue H, Yamanaka H, 2006. Redescription of Conogethes punctiferalis (Guenée) and description of two new closely allied species from Eastern Palaearctic and Oriental Regions (Pyralidae, Pyraustinae). Tinea 19(2): 80-91.