Eoophyla boernickei Mey | The Pyralids of Borneo

Family: &nbsp; Crambidae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Acentropinae
Genus: &nbsp; Eoophyla
Distribution: Sabah, Sarawak, Kalimantan Timur.
Habitat: Lowland &amp; hill rivers in primary &amp; disturbed forest &amp; cultivated areas &lt;1580m.
Wing Length: 10.5mm

Taxonomy

The male holotype of Eoophyla boernickei Mey 2006, TL Sabah (Tawau Hills N.P.), is in the MfNH, Berlin. Paratypes are deposited in the FRC (Sabah, Sepilok), LIPI (Indonesia, Bogor), Leiden & BMNH.

Description

This sp. has the typical Eoophyla FW patterning. Note the distinctive HW with a pronounced anal angle in the male (a feature shared with E. ceratucha Meyrick, 1894a, E. continentalis Jaenicke & Mey 2011 and E. corniculatus Jaenicke & Mey 2011). Jaenicke & Mey (2011) give a full description of males and females including illustrations of genitalia and comparisons with other spp. in the Eoophyla ceratucha-group.

References

Mey, W. (2006) Eine neue Art der Gattung Eoophyla Swinhoe, 1900 von Borneo (Lepidoptera: Crambidae, Acentropinae). Ent. Ent. Zeitschr. 116 (2): 91-93.
Jaenicke, B. & Mey, W. (2011) Revision der Eoophyla ceratucha-Gruppe und ihr Verbreitung in Sudostasian, Beitr. Ent., 61 (1): 3-87, 25 figs. [In German]
Meyrick, E. (1894a) On Pyralidina from the Malay Archipelago. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.: 455-480.