Marasmia venilialis

23.Marasmia venilialis (Walker). Asopia venilialis Walker, List Lep. Ins. Brit. Mus. 17: 373, 1859. Marasmia venilialis, Hampson, Fauna Brit. India, Moths 4: 276, 1896; Tams, Ins. Samoa 3 (4): 275, 1935. Piti, May 2, 8, 22, Sept. 1, 15; Talofofo, May 7; Agana, May 15, 25; Sasa, June 22; Mt. Alifan, June 19; Dededo, Sept. 7, all reared by Swezey, except a few taken at light. One specimen in Bishop Museum and two in U. S. National Museum, Fullaway, 1911. This is a smaller moth than the preceding and is a leafroller on various grasses. We reared it from Panicum barbinode, Paspalum conjugatum, and Oplismenus compositus. This moth also has a wide distribution in the tropics: Africa, Asia, Japan, Borneo, Australia, Solomons, Fiji, Samoa, Society Islands, and Austral Islands, but not in Hawaii. Its work on grass was noted in 1911 by Fullaway, but its name was not determined.Published as part of Swezey, O. H., 1946, Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Arctiidae, Agrotidae, and Pyralidae of Guam, pp. 163-185 in Insects of Guam II, Honolulu, Hawaii :Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 189 on page 179, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.516531