Massepha sp. 1
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Pyraustinae
- Genus: Massepha
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Lowland; Primary forest & cultivated areas <630m.
- Wing Length: 6mm
Taxonomy
Massepha sp. 1 an unnamed series in the Schulze Coll. & specimens in the SLS-Coll.
Description
This is a pale ochreous sp. strongly speckled with brown spots and small brown patches.Tthe pale brown is more marked towards the pointed wing apices. There is a series of neural spots on the termen. The FW apex is slightly pronounced with the termen excavate and slightly undulate. The HW termen is also slightly scalloped. Schulze (2000) Taxon #583; ‘Pyraustinae sp. 71’. Note the half rings on the FW costa which are seen in many Nacoleia spp. Similar to M. absolutalis Walker 1859: 489 and M. ohbai Yoshiyasu 1990: 151-154, which is slightly smaller.
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References
- Yoshiyasu, Y., (1990) Esakia (Special Issue) 1: 151-154. A new Massepha species from Japan. (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae).
- Walker, F. (1859c) Pyralides. In; List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. Ser. 4, 17: 255-508.