Musotima sp. 1
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Musotiminae
- Genus: Musotima
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Lowland primary & disturbed forest; 480-630m.
- Wing Length: 10mm
Taxonomy
Musotima sp. 1, an unnamed series from Sabah (PHS) in the Schulze Coll.
Description
A mainly fulvous sp. with a mottled patterning. Both wings have a narrow brown submarginal line which leads to small brown patches near the tornus. Other narrow brown lines are a submedian line on the FW and an angled basal line on the HW. A dark spot in the FW cell, is bordered basally by a small white area. There is another brown median spot on the HW. The abdomen is fulvous with white intersegmental bands. Schulze (2000) taxon #802.
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References
- Schulze, C.H. (2000) Auswirkungen anthropogener Störungen auf die DiversitÀt von Herbivoren. (Analys von Nachtfalterzönosen entlang von Habitatgradienten in Ost-Malaysia). Unpubl. PhD Thesis, University of Bayreuth, Germany: 350 pp.