Ambia pedionoma West
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Musotiminae
- Genus: Ambia
- Distribution: W. Malaysia, Sabah, Brunei, Philippines.
- Habitat: Lowland; primary & disturbed forest, cultivated areas; <630m.
- Wing Length: 6.5-8mm
Taxonomy
The female holotype of Ambia pedionoma West, 1931: 213 is from the Philippine Is. (Palawan I., Taytay (plains)); female para-type, Philippine Is. (Luzon I., prov. Rizal, Montalban (plains)) both are in the BMNH.
Description
A sp. with a distinctive patterning of white looping bands and white spots. See Ambia poritialis Walker below, which is similar but has more complicated angular white patterning edged with darker brown. Specimens in the HSB, SLS & Schulze Colls. Schulze (2000) taxon #965.
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References
- West, R.J., 1931. Descriptions of new species of Japanese, Formosan and Philippine Pyralidae. Nov. zool. 36: 206-219.
- 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.
