Epherema? Sp. 1

Taxonomy

Epherema sp. 1 a single specimen Schulze Coll. from Sabah (Crocker Range N.P.)

Identification uncertain. It may be Tatobotys.

Description

The colouration and wing patterning of this sp. is almost identical to Epherema abyssalis Snellen 1892: 172 but it lacks the distorted FW venation. Schulze (2000) Taxon #678 ‘Pyraustinae sp. 34 & Spilomelini sp. 94’.

See Epherema abyssalis Snellen, Nacoleia charesalis & Tatobotys japanalis which are superficially similar.

References

• Snellen, P.C.T., (1891 [1892]) Bijdrage tot de Kennis der Pyralidina. Tijdschr. v. Ent., 35: 152-178, pl. 10.
• 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, 350pp.