Pseudopagyda sp. 3 | The Pyralids of Borneo

Family: &nbsp; Crambidae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Pyraustinae
Genus: &nbsp; Pseudopagyda
Distribution: Sabah.
Habitat: Lower montane forest and disturbed areas, 1400-1500m.
Wing Length: 14mm

Taxonomy

Pseudopagyda sp. 3. is an unnamed specimen in the MfNH from Mount Kinabalu NP (Kundasan) and a single specimen in the Schulze Col. from Mt Kinabalu N.P., Park H.Q.

Provisionally treated in Pseudopagyda Slamka 2013, 30-31.

Description

A pale yellow orange species with a darker orange lineation. Superficially it looks more akin to some Ecpyrrhorrhoe spp. The Head, thorax & abdomen are mainly pale orange. The latter having white intersegmental bands.

Schulze (2000) Taxon #087 as ‘Pagyda? sp. 1. [Det. W. Speidel 1998].

Schulze Coll.; Sabah, Mt Kinabalu N.P., Park H.Q.

References

Slamka, F. (2013) Pyraloidea of Europe, Pyraustinae & Spilomelinae, Bratislava: 357pp.