Crambus malacellus, Duponchel

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 : 176

L: Cram. busmalacellus Duponchel .

Crambus malacellus Duponchel, Lep. Fr. 8: 61, pl. 270, fig. 5, 1827.

Crambus malacellus, Hampson, Fauna Brit. India, Moths 4: 17, 1896.

. Piti hills, May 1, Usinger ; Piti hills, June 3, swept from sedges, Swezey; Barrigada , July 22, Swezey; Piti , July 26, Aug. 18, at light, Swezey. One specimen in U. S. National Museum, Fullaway , 1911 and one in Bishop Museum .

A widely distributed species, occurring in Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental, and Australian regions. It is very common in grasslands, the moths flying up when disturbed.