Ecpyrrhorrhoe sp. 1 | The Pyralids of Borneo

Family: &nbsp; Crambidae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Pyraustinae
Tribe: &nbsp; Incertae sedis
Genus: &nbsp; Ecpyrrhorrhoe
Distribution: Kalimantan.
Habitat: Lowland primary forest; &lt;650m.
Wing Length: 10mm

Taxonomy

Ecpyrrhorrhoe sp. 1. A specimen in the RMNH (Leiden) from Kalimantan Timur (Gunung Lumut Protection Forest) See van Tol (2006).

Description

A pale yellow orange species with transverse lines on both wings and a moderately elongate abdomen. It is very similar to Pionea [Ecpyrrhorrhoe] puralis South, 1901: 492. See some Pagyda spp.

This is a specimen DNA barcoded in BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (Sample ID RMNH INS #19592) as Loxostege ochrealis.

Other, similar specimens have been DNA barcoded BOLD (Sample IDs RMNH INS #19590 & #19587) also as Loxostege ochrealis.

References

Hübner, J. (1796-1838) Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge [sic] bestehend in Bekundigung einzelner Fliegmuster neuer oder rarer nichteuropäischer Gattungen, Vols 1-12, Augsburg. [In German]
Robinson, G. S., Klaus, S., Shaffer, M., Tuck, K. R. & Allen, M. G. (1995) Microlepidoptera and Pyraloidea of Nepal - a checklist and bibliography. In Haruta, T. (ed.), Moths of Nepal, Part 4. Tinea 14, (Suppl. 2), 150-181.