Aetholix sp. 4
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Tribe: Agroterini
- Genus: Aetholix
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Lowland primary forest canopy, 580m
- Wing Length: 8.5mm
Taxonomy
Aetholix sp. 4 is an unnamed morphotype from Sabah (PHS) near A. flavibasalis Guenée, 1854 in the Schulze Coll.
Description
Note the white median band on the FW is much reduced and incomplete and the white band on the HW narrows distally but is different in shape from Aetholix sp. 3. There is no spot on the straight antemedian line of the HW. Schulze (2000) taxon #221.
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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.
- Schulze, C.H. (2000) Auswirkungen anthropogener Störungen auf die Diversität von Herbivoren. (Analys von Nachtfalterzönosen entlang von Habitatgradienten in Ost-Malaysia). Unpubl. PhD Thesis, University of Bayreuth, Germany: 350 pp.
