Ambia sp. 2
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Musotiminae
- Genus: Ambia
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Hill primary forest; 630m.
- Wing Length: 4mm
Taxonomy
Ambia sp. 2 is a single unnamed specimen in the Schulze Coll. from Sabah, PHS.
Description
A dark brown sp. with a few ochreous spots and indistinct curving white lineation. The wings are distinctly falcate. Superficially resembles A. thyridialis Lederer, 1855 but with less distinct patterning and fewer pale spots.
Schulze (2000) taxon #574.
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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.