Paracymoriza? sp. 5
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Acentropinae
- Genus: Paracymoriza
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Lowland, old disturbed forest <150m.
- Wing Length: 9mm
Taxonomy
Paracymoriza? sp. 5. a single unnamed specimen in the Schulze Col, from Sabah (Serinsim).
Description
The FW is brown with a faint broad paler median band The HW is silvery grey with darker veins. This is similar to Paracymoriza sp. 3. See also Paracymoriza spp. 2 & 4. Schulze (2000) taxon #883.
It is probable that a new genus should be erected for these small dark elongate-winged species of the P. nigra group.
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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, 350pp.
