Sufetula minimalis Fletcher
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Lathrotelinae
- Genus: Sufetula
- Distribution: Sabah, primary & disturbed forest (inc.
- Habitat: canopy) and cultivated areas, 460-650m.
- Wing Length: 7mm
Taxonomy
Sufetula minimalis Fletcher, 1910 [1911]: 301, pl. 17 fig. 7, a short series in the Schulze Coll., from Sabah. A specimen in ITBC-Borneensis identified by D.J. Agassiz. TL Seychelles (Chagos Is.).
Description
A pale brown morphotype. The FW costa has a series of small white lunules and there is a dark discoidal spot. The HW has a small spot on the anterior margin. The termen of both wings is sinuous the FW being markedly falcate. The two sinuous white lines on the FW typically at the sub-termenal and antemedian positions in S. sunidesalis are rather obscure as is the similar sub-termenal white line on the HW. The antennae are brown with white annulations. similar to Sufetula sunidesalis Walker. Schulze (2000) taxon #644 (as Orphnophanes? sp. 4)
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References
- Schulze, C.H. (2000) Auswirkungen anthropogener Störungen auf die DiversitÀt von Herbivoren. (Analyse von Nachtfalterzönosen entlang von Habitatgradienten in Ost-Malaysia). Unpubl. PhD Thesis, University of Bayreuth, Germany: 350 pp.
- Walker, F. (1859e) Pyralides, In; List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. Ser. 4, 19: 799-1036.