Eoophyla hirsuta Snellen
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Acentropinae
- Genus: Eoophyla
- Distribution: Sabah, Philippines.
- Habitat: Upland streams; 1052m.
- Wing Length: 15mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Theila hirsuta Semper, 1886-1902 [1902]: 657, pl. 66, fig., 6 is from the Philippines.
Description
A very large, pale grey-brown, fulvous and grey-white sp. with typical Eoophyla paterning. The fulvous brown is mostly on the margins of the FW with the angled median band and post median band enclosing a large triangle of grey scales. There is a whitish sub termenal band. The slightly falcate HW is largely fulvous and grey-white with fulvous bands at the base, postmedially and marginally separated by two white bands edged by narrow black lines.The tornal area has three small eye-spots, some part ringed in white. The legs are rather long and delicate. Another similar specimen in MfNH Berlin #332105 labelled Java may be the holotype; a darker specimen there is from Sumatra and a another specimen, from Sabah.
E. adjunctalis is superficially similar in apearance but much smaller.
References
- Semper G. 1886-1902 [1902] Riesen in Inseln Der Philippinen. Vol 1 (1-7) 1 bd, Die tagfalter: Rhopalocera. 1886-92, Vol 2 (1-6) Die nachtfalter: Heterocera. 1896-1902. C. W. Kreidel, Weisbaden. pp 381-728. 9 pls. [in German]
