Clupeosoma sp. 2
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Odontiinae
- Tribe: Eurrhypini
- Genus: Clupeosoma
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Lowland primary and disturbed forest; <630m.
- Wing Length: 10mm
Taxonomy
Clupeosoma sp. 2 is represented by two un-named male specimens from Sabah in the Schulze Coll and three in the SLS Coll.
Clupeosoma Snellen 1880: 203, exhibits sexual dimorphism with smaller males often with large tufts of hair scales on the FW.
Description
A purplish and fulvous sp. The margin and long fringes of both wings are a bright orange with small marginal neural dots. The pigmentation is confined to the anterior part of the HW which has a serrate submarginal line. This line is edged on its basal side by a broad, pale-cream fascia. In the sub-apical area of the FW costa (in the post median position) is a a very impressive curled tuft of fulvous scent scales which extend more sparsely across the wing in the post medial positon to posterior margin. . The body is brownish purple with paler intersegmental abdominal bands. Schulze (2000) taxon #648 ‘Clupeosoma sp. 1’. See other Clupeosoma spp.
References
- Schulze, C.H. (2000) Auswirkungen anthropogener Störungen auf die Diversität von Herbivoren. (Analys von Nachtfalterzönosen entlang von Habitatgradienten in Ost-Malaysia). Unpubl. PhD Thesis, University of Bayreuth, Germany: 350 pp.