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Notocrypta paralysos volux
Common Banded Demon (Notocrypta paralysos volux Mabille 1883; (syn.) Notocrypta howarthi H. Hayashi 1980; Hesperiidae; Hesperiinae). Distributional record of this ssp.: Basilan, Biliran, Cebu, Camiguin de Luzon, Camiguin de Mindanao, Dinagat, Homonhon, Leyte, Luzon, Marinduque, Masbate, Mindoro, Mindanao, Negros, Panay, Polillo, Samar, Sanga Sanga, Sibuyan, Tawitawi. Recorded hostplants: Musa (Banana, Musaceae) and Curcuma (Turmeric, Zingiberaceae).
Makiling Botanic Gardens, a forest park of the Mt. Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems (adjacent or within the UPLB-College of Forestry and Natural Resources), University of the Philippines at Los Baños, Laguna.
Spotted on Nov 15, 2015
Submitted on Nov 24, 2015
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