Maliattha ritsemae Snellen

Erastria ritsemae Snellen, 1880, Tijdschr.Ent., 23: 57.

Acontia vitiensis Butler, 1886, Trans.ent. Soc. London, 1886: 399.

Erastria albofusca Pagenstecher, 1888, Jb.nassau. Ver. Naturk., 41: 133.

Eustrotia thermozona Hampson, 1910, Cat.Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus., 10: 588.

Maliattha ritsemae interrupta Warren, 1913, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 11: 281.

Diagnosis

See the previous species.

Geographical range

Indo‑Australian tropics from Sundaland eastwards to N. Australia and the Society and Austral Is.

Habitat preference

The species has not been recorded in recent surveys, but a few old specimens from Labuan I. have been located. This island is extensively inhabited.

Biology

The only larval host record (Robinson et al., 2001) is for Brachiaria (Gramineae).