Coptobasis sp. 22
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Genus: Coptobasis
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Lowland primary forest canopy; 580m
- Wing Length: 14mm
Taxonomy
Coptobasis sp. 22 a worn male specimen in the Schulze Coll. from Sabah, Mt Kinabalu N.P., PHS.
Description
A very indistinctly marked sooty sp. with an elongate abdomen. Note the tubular costal fold with tufts of erect scales and the pale fawn brown hair pencils on the tip of the abdomen of this male specimen. Schulze (2000) Taxon #553. ‘Omiodes sp. 26’.
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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.
