Scoparia sp. 25
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Scopariinae
- Genus: Scoparia
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Lower montane forest and disturbed areas, 1570m.
- Wing Length: 9mm
Taxonomy
Scoparia sp. 25. A single un-identified specimen seen and photographed at Sabah (KML) with no voucher specimen.
Description
A morphotype with typical scoparid colours and a FW patterning of white speckled with dark grey and black. Oddly there is a fulvous patch on the FW subcosta base of one wing which is probably damage. On the FW note the distinctive pair of large black spots (proximal & cubital stigmas) in the median band. The HW is pale with greyish shading. The legs are banded black and white.
A similar morphotype, Scoparia sp. 10, seen at Sabah, Crocker Range N.P., Gng. Alam Substation, has much lighter patterning.
Similar in appearance to Scoparia montícola Nuss, 1998: 456 TL Philipines (Mindanao, Mt. Agtuuganon).
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References
- Nuss, M. (1998) The Scopariinae and Heliothelinae stat. rev. (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae) of the Oriental Region - a revisional synopsis with descriptions of new species from the Philippines and Sumatra. Nachr. des entomol. Ver. Apollo, Frankfurt a. M. suppl. 17: 475-528.
