Trichophysetis? sp. 2
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Cybalomiinae
- Genus: Trichophysetis
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Lower montane primary forest & disturbed areas; 1580m.
- Wing Length: 7.5mm
Taxonomy
Trichophysetis sp. 2 are unnamed morphotypes from Sabah, Mt. Kinabalu, in the Borneensis Coll.
Generic placement provisional. The generic concepts represented by Trichophysetis (Meyrick 1884: 287) and Hendecasis Hampson, (1896: 140) are uncertain.
Description
A small mainly pale brown sp. with an elongated abdomen. The FW is crossed by almost straight blackish ante-median and post-median lines, and on the HW the post-median line is angled centrally the HW is a darker grey brown. The termenal line is fulvous. Trichophysetis sp. 1 is very similar in patterning but the FW post median line is curved.
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