Cotachena sp. 3
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Genus: Cotachena
- Distribution: India (Assam), Sabah & Vietnam.
- Habitat: Lowland and hill; Primary & disturbed forest and cultivated areas <650m.
- Wing Length: 12mm
Taxonomy
Cotachena sp. 3 nr. C. pubescens Warren 1892: 300. Specimens in Berlin MfNH & a series in the Schulze Coll.
Description
This is a fulvous brown and yellow species with three hyaline spots on the FW two anteriorly on at the antemedian and another in the post-median position. and a third, a median spot near the anterior margin very close to C. pubescens. It differs from C. pubescens in that the median area of the FW is mainly brown and there is no brown sub-termenal band on the HW. The HW apex has a dark brown patch and at the tornal margin is a small dark spot that is less obvious in C. pubescen. A similar spot on the posterior margin is absent in C. pubescens. Schulze Taxon #108 ‘Cotachena sp. 2’
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References
- Whalley, P.E.S. (1961) A revision of two species complexes in the Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera Pyralidae): Cotachena histricalis Warren, Syngamia floridalis. Bull BM (NH) Entomology 10, (3): 96-111. Pls. 3 & 4, 6 text figs.
- Warren, W. (1892b) XLV Descriptions of new genera and species of Pyralidae contained in the B.M. Coll. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 6, 9 (52) 12: 294-301.