Erpis macularis Walker
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Cybalomiinae
- Genus: Erpis
- Distribution: Vietnam, W. Malaysia, Sabah, Brunei, Sarawak, Indonesia (Java).
- Habitat: Lowland to lower montane forest including primary canopy <975m.
- Wing Length: 9.5mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Erpis macularis Walker, 1863a: 133 is from Sarawak.
Description
A distinctive species with a leopard-skin pattern in purplish brown and cream on its FW. The HW is uniformly pale brown with a white line on the long fringes. See RTS (1994: 171) who refer to its compact labial palps.
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References
- [RTS] (1994): 171, pl.29, fig.1.
- [RTS] Robinson, G.S., Tuck, K.R. & Shaffer, M. (1994) A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of South-East Asia, Malaysian Nature Society Kuala Lumpur & Natural History Museum, London, 311 pp.
- Walker, F. (1863a [April 18]) Crambites and Tortricites. In List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera, 27: 1-286.
- Hampson, G.F. (1912b) XV Descriptions of new species of Pyralidae of the subfamily Pyraustinae, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 8, 9, (49): 149-174.