Hyalobathra? sp. 4
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Pyraustinae
- Tribe: Incertae sedis
- Genus: Hyalobathra
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Lowland primary forest, 600m.
- Wing Length: 13mm
Taxonomy
Hyalobathra? sp. 4. A single specimen from Sabah (PHS) encountered in the Schulze Coll. Placement in Hyalobathra provisional, this could be an Ecpyrrhorrhoe.
Description
A species with pale ochreous FW with traces of antemedian and postmedian lines and a faint elongate mark in the discocellular area. The HW is mainly greyish with sligthly darker veins. The termenal margins of the HW has a narrow ochreous band and both wings have dark cillia on the termenae. The head thorax and abdomen are pale fawn Schulze (2000) Taxon #489, ‘Pyraustinae sp. 38’. This is somwhat similar to Hyalobathra sp. 3.
Tap/Click to zoom
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, 350pp.
