Coptobasis sp. 16

Taxonomy

Coptobasis sp. 16. A short series from Sabah in the Schulze Soll. near C. microsema Hampson, 1912a: 1268.

Description

A coppery brown sp. with a slight purple sheen. The abdomen is pale brown with pale intersegmental bands near the tip. The FW has a pale elongate stigma in the cell. Both the FW and HW have darker submedian and post median lines. The straight sub-median line forms an acute angle with the FW dorsum. The termen of both wings are edged by a darker brown line and the fringes are brown with a white base. Like Coptobasis sp.16 the antennae have a modified tubular base but the scape is simple. Schulze (2000) ‘Syllepte sp. 5’ taxon #901. See Coptobasis lunalis Guenée and See Coptobasis sp. 13, sp. 14 & sp. 15.

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.