Agrotera sp. 6
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Tribe: Agroterini
- Genus: Agrotera
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Primary and disturbed forest, <630m.
- Wing Length: 10mm
Taxonomy
Agrotera sp. 6. Unnamed specimens from Sabah in the MfNH (Berlin), SLS & Schulze Colls.
Description
Unlike A. effertalis Walker, 1859, which has many similarities, these morphotypes from Sabah have virtually no orange surounding the large cream discocellular markings on its FW. The association between male and female is not proven. See A. effertalis.
Schulze (2000) taxon #958.
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References
- Schulze, C.H. (2000) Auswirkungen anthropogener Störungen auf die DiversitÀt von Herbivoren. (Analys von Nachtfalterzönosen entlang von Habitatgradienten in Ost-Malaysia). Unpubl. PhD Thesis, University of Bayreuth, Germany: 350 pp.
- Walker, F. (1859c) Pyralides. In; List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. Ser. 4, 17: 255-508.
