Dichocrocis sp. 10.
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Genus: Dichocrocis
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Lowland primary forest <600m.
- Wing Length: 7.5mm
Taxonomy
Dichocrocis sp. 10 nr. C. actinialis Hampson, 1898: 690. Morphotypes from Sabah in the Schulze Coll. and SLS Colls.
Description
This yellow morphotype with complex greyish patterning resembles several Erebidae (Arctiinae) spp. in its patterning. Schulze (2000) taxon #248 ‘Conogethes sp. 17’
Schulze taxon #247 is probably conspecific but is slightly smaller. See Dichocrocis actinialis.
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References
- Hampson, G. F. (1898) A revision of the moths of the subfamily Pyraustinae and the family Pyralidae. Part 1, Proc. zool. soc. Lond.: 590-760.
- 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.
