341. Bactra venosana (Zeller, 1847)

Phoxopteris venosana Zeller, 1847; Isis von Oken (Leipzig) 1847 (10): 738.

= Bactra truculenta Meyrick, 1909; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 19: 586.

TL: USA, New York, Syracuse ( venosana); India, North Coorg, Dibidi ( truculenta).

Distribution: India ( Karnataka, West Bengal, Andaman Islands); Borneo; China; Fiji; Indonesia (Java); Japan; Philippine Islands; Sabah; Sabah; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Thailand; Sabah; Hawaii; Vietnam; Asia Minor; North America; North Africa (Robinson et al. 1994; Pawan et al. 2008; Koçak & Kemal 2012; Nedoshivina 2013).

Hosts: This species has been reported from Cyperus spp. and Kyllinga spp. ( Cyperaceae) (Fletcher 1932; Diakonoff 1968, 1982, 1989; Clarke 1976; Zimmerman 1978).

Illustrations: Adult (Nedoshivina 2013: 225; Diakonoff 1968: 420) and genitalia (Clarke 1958: 315, 1976: 70).