Arxama sp. 1
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Tribe: Nomophilini
- Genus: Arxama
- Distribution: Sabah (a garden in Kg. Poring), Kalimantan Tengah.
- Habitat: Lowland Garden & primary forest.
- Wing Length: 10.5mm
Taxonomy
Ategumia sp. 1 a specimen close to Ategumia adipalis (Lederer 1863) (= A. geographicalis) ssp nigromarginalis Caradja, 1925 From Sabah in the Schulze Coll and another specimen in the SLS Coll from Kalimantan (Murung).
Description
This sp. is very similar to Uresiphita [Mecyna] quinquigera (Moore, 1888) but the yellow areas on the FW are larger and there is less brown towards the FW base.
Schulze (2000) taxon #284.
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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.
