Hoploscopa cynodonta Léger & Nuss
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Hoploscopinae
- Genus: Hoploscopa
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Lowland, hill and submontane forest & disturbed areas; 1690m.
- Wing Length: 9mm
Taxonomy
Hoploscopa cynodonta Léger & Nuss, 2020. The male holotype was an unidentified specimen from Sabah, Mt. Kinabalu, NP HQ, (junction of Kiau View & Pandanus Trail reported by Mally et al. (2017: pl. 2A).
Description
A distinctive russet brown and cream sp. with a dense scattering of red scales.
Life History
Postulated to be a fern feeder (Polypodiaceae?) /Mally et al. 2017).
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References
- Mally, R., Léger, T., Vairappan, C.S., Sutton, S. & Nuss, M. (2017) Discovery of another fern-feeding group of moths: the larvae of Hoploscopini (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) from Borneo. Raffles Bull. Zool. 65: 99-106.
- Léger, T., Kehlmaier, C., Vairappan, C.S. & Nuss, M. (2020) Twenty-six new species of Hoploscopa (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) from South-East Asia revealed by morphology and DNA barcoding. ZooKeys 907: 1-99. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.907.36563