Musotima sp. 9
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Musotiminae
- Genus: Musotima
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Lowland cultivated area; 460m.
- Wing Length: 7.5mm
Taxonomy
Cymoriza sp. 9. Two poor, unnamed, specimens from Sabah (PHS) in the Schulze Coll. Possibly in Cymoriza.
Description
A mainly dark brown sp. the only FW marks are two white spots. The HW has an orange border, a white subtermenal band and a large white central patch. The head, thorax and abdomen are brown with a scatter of white scales. On the abdomen these are concentrated in the intersegmental areas. Schulze (2000) taxon #249 ‘Acentropinae sp. 3’.
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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: 350 pp.