Eoophyla liwaguensis Mey
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Acentropinae
- Genus: Eoophyla
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Hill & lower montane streams; 460-1400m.
- Wing Length: male 10; female 13mm
Taxonomy
The male holotype of Eoophyla liwaguensis Mey 2009 is from Sabah (Mount Kinabalu N.P., Park HQ, Silau-silau River). It is in the MfNH Berlin. Paratypes are there and FRC Sepilok. Genitalia slide Mey 06/09 MfNH-Berlin.
Description
Slightly sexually dimorphic with typical Eoophyla patterning in yellow, fulvous and white. The HW has two tornal eye spots. The male has a costal notch on its FW like the closely related E. becki Mey 2009. The genitalia are illustrated by Mey (2009 (m. figs. 1-4; f. fig. 17)) The males are similar to E. becki and are distinctive by the dilated tips of the spines of the valva. Schulze (2000) Taxon #006, from PHS from lowland primary and disturbed forest and cultivated areas. 480-600m is probably this sp.. and his male & female are llustrated here.
References
- Schulze, C.H. (2000) Auswirkungen anthropogener Störungen auf die DiversitÀt von Herbivoren. (Analys von Nachtfalterzönosen entlang von Habitatgradienten in Ost-Malaysia). Unpubl. PhD Thesis, University of Bayreuth, Germany, 350pp.
- Mey, W. (2009) New aquatic moths from high elevations of Mt. Kinabalu in northern Borneo (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Acentropinae), Ent. Zeitschr. 119 (3) :99-107.