Dichocrocis sp. 12
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Genus: Dichocrocis
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Primary forest canopy 650m.
- Wing Length: 8mm
Taxonomy
Dichocrocis sp. 12 nr. D. actinialis Hampson, 1898: 690. Specimen #2967 in the Schulze Coll. from Sabah (PHS)
Description
This yellow morphotype with complex greyish patterning resembles several Erebidae (Arctinae) spp. in its patterning. Dichocrocis sp. 10 is possibly conspecific but is slightly larger and may be the male.
Schulze taxon #247 ‘Conogethes sp. 16 nr. semistrigalis Snellen.’
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References
- Snellen, P.C.T. (1895 [1896]) Aanteekeningen over Pyraliden. Tijdschr. v. Ent., 38: 103-161, pl. 5,6. [in Dutch]
- 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.
