Musotima sp. 13
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Musotiminae
- Genus: Musotima
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Lowland & hill primary & disturbed forest; <610m.
Taxonomy
Musotima sp. 13 is an unnamed series in the Schulze Coll. from Sabah.
Description
The fulvous base colour supports a coarsely reticulated patterning of white spots edged in brown. There is a degree of sexual dimorphism with males having longer abdomens. A photo of a live specimen taken by Ron Eldie reveals a distinctive white scale tuft on the head of the female. Schulze (2000) taxon #670.
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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.