Scoparia sp. 8 | The Pyralids of Borneo

Family: &nbsp; Crambidae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Scopariinae
Tribe: &nbsp; Scopariini
Genus: &nbsp; Scoparia
Distribution: Lower montane forest &amp; disturbed areas.
Habitat: 1580m
Wing Length: 5mm

Taxonomy

Scoparia sp. 8. A single unnamed specimen from Sabah (KML) in the ITBC Borneensis Coll..

Description

A morphotype with typical scoparid colours and patterning of white speckled with dark grey and black. On the FW note the shape of the post median line and the curved broken antemedian line. There is a larger blackish patch in the orbicular end of the FW cell. To its posterior are two further ill defined black patches. There is a small black x-shaped mark at the distal end of the FW cell. The HW is pale with greyish shading.