Cirrhochrista sp. 8 | The Pyralids of Borneo

Family: &nbsp; Crambidae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Spilomelinae
Tribe: &nbsp; Margaroniini
Genus: &nbsp; Cirrhochrista
Distribution: Sulawesi.
Habitat: Lower montane, forest &lt;1500m.
Wing Length: 15mm

Taxonomy

Cirrhochrista sp. 8. An unnamed morphoseries nr. C. spissalis Guenée, 1854 in the BMNH.

Description

The wings are mottled almost all over with grey-brown with few discrete markings except for a diffuse white patch in the discocellular area of the FW. This may be a mottled var., of C. spissalis.

BMNH; Sulawesi, Tjamba (nr. Maros [Makassar])

References

Guenée, A. (1854) Deltoïdes et pyralites. In Boisduval, J.A. & Guenée, A., Hist. nat. des Insectes (Spec. gén. Lépid.) Vol. 8, 448pp. + 10 pls., Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris.