Carminibotys sp. 2
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Pyraustinae
- Genus: Carminibotys
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Lowland to lower montane primary & disturbed forest; <1578m.
- Wing Length: 8mm
Taxonomy
Carminibotys? sp. 2 is an unnamed series in the MfNH (Berlin) and the Schulze Coll and in ITBC Borneensis.
Generic placement is provisional.
Description
An attractive purple and yellow sp. Note the long porrect palpi. Pyrausta carminalis Caradja, 1925b: 371 TL China and the TS of Carminibotys Munroe & Mutuura 1971: 180 is similar. See Carminibotys sp. 1 which is superficially similar but is somewhat larger and may not be of the same genus. Schulze (2000) taxon #733.
Life History
Larva of Carminibotys carminalis iwawakisana are reported as feeding on Phyllanthus flexuosus (Euphorbiaceae) (Murase, 2001)
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References
- Munroe, E.G., & Mutuura, A. (1971) Contributions to a Study of The Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) of Temperate East Asia. XI. Can. Ent. (Ottawa), 103: 173-181.
- 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, 350pp.
- Murase, M. (2001) Larva of Carminibotys carminalis iwawakisana Munroe Mutuura Crambidae, Pyraustinae feeding on Phyllanthus flexuosus Euphorbiaceae. Japan Heterocerists' Journal. 25 July (214): 268-269.
- Caradja, A. (1925b) Euber Chinas Pyraliden, Tortriciden, Tineiden nebst kurze Betrachtungen, zu denen das Studium dieser Fauna Veranlassung gibt Acad. Romana Mem. Sect. Stiint. ser. iii, 3 (7): 257-383, 2 pls.