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Aetholix sp. 3


Taxonomy

Aetholix sp. 3 near A. flavibasalis Guenée, 1854. A morphotype in Leiden (BOLD; DNA barcoded specimen, RMNH.INS.19482) from Gunung Lumut (Tol 2006, Ratnasingham & Hebert, 2007).

Description

Note the white median band on the FW is incomplete and the white band on the HW narrows distally. The FW post-median line is darker near the costa.There is no spot on the straight HW ante-median line.

References

  • Guenée, A. (1854) Deltoïdes et pyralites. In Boisduval, J.A. & Guenée, A., Hist. nat. des Insectes (Spec. gén. Lépid.) Vol. 8, 448pp. + 10 pls., Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris.
  • Tol, J. van [Ed.] (2006) Gunung Lumut Biodiversity Assessment 2005 [The Naturalis contribution to the MOF-Tropenbos project in the Gunung Lumut Protection Forest], National Museum of Natural History, Naturalis, Leiden, The Netherlands. 24pp.
  • Ratnasingham, S. & Hebert, P.D.N.(2007) Barcoding - BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (www.barcodinglife.org), Molecular Ecology Notes (Journal compilation © 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.: 10 pp.

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