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Hoploscopa sp. 2

  • Family: Crambidae
  • Subfamily: Hoploscopinae
  • Genus: Hoploscopa
  • Distribution: Sabah.
  • Habitat: Submontane, primary & disturbed forest; 1575m.
  • Wing Length: 12mm

Taxonomy

Hoploscopa? sp. 2 is a rather worn, unnamed morphotype found at KML. The specimen is in the ITBC Borneensis Museum.

Description

A pale brown and white sp. FW with a broad brown  termenal band. The FW base is suffused brownish with brown orbicular and reniform blotches in the FW  cell. The broad triangular HW is very pale brown darker towards the termen.


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