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Cymoriza sp. 3

  • Family: Crambidae
  • Subfamily: Musotiminae
  • Genus: Cymoriza
  • Distribution: Sabah.
  • Habitat: Lowland; primary & disturbed forest, cultivated areas; <630m.
  • Wing Length: 6.5mm

Taxonomy

Cymoriza sp. 3 is Schulze (2000) taxon #667. An unnamed series from Sabah in the Schulze Coll.

Description

A mainly brown sp. with white markings except for a subtermenal orange band with brown patches which extends round the FW and HW: The brown of the HW median area is tinged with orange near the tornus. The head thorax and abdomen are brown with the intersegmental areas of the abdomen slightly lighter brown. Ambia rhabdotalis Hampson is somewhat similar.

References

  • Schulze, C.H. (2000) Auswirkungen anthropogener Störungen auf die DiversitĂ€t von Herbivoren. (Analys von Nachtfalterzönosen entlang von Habitatgradienten in Ost-Malaysia). Unpubl. PhD Thesis, University of Bayreuth, Germany: 350 pp.

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