Conogethes sp. 5
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Genus: Conogethes
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Primary forest 530-600m.
- Wing Length: 11mm
Taxonomy
Conogethes sp. 5. A short series from Sabah (PHS) in the Schulze Coll. nr. C. clioalis Walker, 1859d: 549-550 (Sensu the holotype in the Oxford U.M.N.H.)
Description
This black spotted yellow morphotype closely agrees with the holotype of Conogethes clioalis, but has slight difference in fasciation.
Schulze (2000) taxon #241 ‘Conogethes sp. 10’.
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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.
- 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, 350pp.
