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Scoparia sp. 14

  • Family: Crambidae
  • Subfamily: Scopariinae
  • Genus: Scoparia
  • Distribution: Sabah.
  • Habitat: Lower montane forest and disturbed areas, 1570m.
  • Wing Length: 9mm

Taxonomy

Scoparia sp. 14. A single un-identified specimen from Sabah (KML) deposited in the ITBC Borneensis Coll.

Description

A rather pale morphospecies. With a black and white speckled FW with a small ochreous patch in the FW cell.  Across the median area are two broad mainly white bands sparated by a discontinuous black ante-median line. The darker areas are distally except for a large white area sub-apically. The HW is white with greyish margins. The termenal band and fringes are white with large black interneural spots. The legs are banded black and white.


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