Dichocrocis sp. 14

Taxonomy

Dichocrocis sp. 14. A single male specimen in the Schulze Coll. very close to D. frenatalis Lederer, 1863b: 448; from Sabah (Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park, Pulau Gaya).

Description

A black and yellow sp. Both wings with broad transverse brown post-median and antemedian fasciae and a large spot in the FW cell. The termenae of both wings have broad brown subtermenal areas. and the FW has a small t-shaped spot basally on the subcosta. It has a small punctal spot proximal and close to the discal spot of the FW. Schulze (2000) Taxon #692. Differs from D. clytusalis in having having continuous black ante-median and post-median brown-black bands. The small punctal spot is present in D. bilinealis but is missing in both the D. frenatalis holotype and the D. pandamalis holotype which also has discontinuous bands. Similar to Dichocrocis sp. 16. Compare with Dichocrocis frenatalis. See Dichocrocis sp. 16.

Life History

This sp. seems to be one of several similar spp. reported from Mangrove woodland both in Sabah and Singapore.

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.
• Lederer, J. (1863b [Oct]) Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Pyralidinen. Wien. entomol. Monat. 7 (10): 331-378, pl. 2-18.