Gargela sp. 8
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Crambinae
- Tribe: Diptychophorini
- Genus: Gargela
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: PHS, 500-800m.
- Wing Length: 8mm
Taxonomy
Gargela sp. 8 is a single unnamed morphotype from Sabah (PHS) in the Schulze Collection. Specimen # 4903 was collected by Hauser.
Description
This worn morphotype is mainly shining white with indistinct median and postmedian lines on the FW. The former ends at the anterior margin, forming a dark blotch. The latter is pale fulvous and is sigmoid. There is a broad subtermenal orange patch. The HW are unmarked. Schulze (2000) Taxon # 97 ‘Crambinae sp. 13’.
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References
- 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: 350 pp.