Nymphicula silauensis Mey | The Pyralids of Borneo

Family: &nbsp; Crambidae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Acentropinae
Genus: &nbsp; Nymphicula
Distribution: Sabah.
Habitat: Lower montane streams 1400m.
Wing Length: 6.5mm

Taxonomy

The male holotype of Nymphicula silauensis Mey 2009: 106, fig. 31, is from Sabah, Mt. Kinabalu N.P. H.Q., Silau-Silau River. It is in the MfNH Berlin. It is a member of the N. atriterminalis group, usually found in the Philippines and Sulawesi.

Description

A sp. with an orange brown and white pattern similar to many spp. of Nymphicula. The HW has four or five large, but ill-defined, black eyespots. This sp. differs from all congeners by the large, white medial area in the HW. It shows some similarity in the HW with N. atriterminalis (Hampson, 1917f: 458). T.L. Sulawesi (Mey 2009).

Nymphicula silauensis Mey specimen plate

References

Mey, W. (2009) New aquatic moths from high elevations of Mt. Kinabalu in northern Borneo (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Acentropinae). Ent. Zeitschr., Stuttgart, 119 (3) 99 -107.
Hampson, G.F. (1917f) XLV Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the Subfamilies Hydrocampinae, Scoparianae, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 8, 19, (114): 457-473.