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Aetholix sp. 7


Taxonomy

Aetholix sp. 7 near A. flavibasalis Guenée, 1854. A morphotype in Leiden (BOLD; DNA barcoded specimen, RMNH.INS.19485) from Gunung Lumut (Tol 2006, Ratnasingham & Hebert, 2007).

Description

Note the very wide white median band with no spot on the HW near the mid dorsal edge. The postmedian line is dark and straight near the FW costa BOLD Leiden #19481.

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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