Cymoriza sp. 8
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Musotiminae
- Genus: Cymoriza
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Lowland primary & disturbed forest and cultivated areas; <520-630m.
- Wing Length: 7.5mm
Taxonomy
Cymoriza sp. 8 is an unnamed series from Sabah in the Schulze Coll. We provisionally are treating it in Cymoriza Guenée 1854, 171-172.
Description
A fulvous, orange and white sp. The extensive white patterning is edged by brown in parts. See Musotima sp. 6 which only differs slightly in wing pattern and may be conspecific. Schulze (2000) taxon #668 ‘Cymoriza sp. 2’.
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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.