Aetholix sp. 6
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Tribe: Agroterini
- Genus: Aetholix
- Distribution: Kalimantan Timur.
- Habitat: Lowland primary Forest.
- Wing Length: 10mm
Taxonomy
Aetholix sp. 6 near A. flavibasalis Guenée, 1854. A morphotype in Leiden (BOLD; DNA barcoded specimen, RMNH.INS.19479) from Gunung Lumut (Tol 2006, Ratnasingham & Hebert, 2007).
Description
Note the moderately wide white median band with a darker spot on the HW near the mid dorsal edge. The postmedian line is dark and BOLD Leiden (specimen Ins 19479) barcoded. Complete description. Elongated abdomen. similar to Aetholix flavibasalis & Aetholix sp. 3 & Aetholix sp. 8.
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References
- Guenée, A. (1854) Deltoïdes et pyralites. In Boisduval, J.A. & Guenée, A., Hist. nat. des Insectes (Spec. gén. Lépid.) Vol. 8, 448pp. + 10 pls., Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris.
- Tol, J. van [Ed.] (2006) Gunung Lumut Biodiversity Assessment 2005 [The Naturalis contribution to the MOF-Tropenbos project in the Gunung Lumut Protection Forest], National Museum of Natural History, Naturalis, Leiden, The Netherlands. 24pp.
- Ratnasingham, S. & Hebert, P.D.N.(2007) Barcoding - BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (www.barcodinglife.org), Molecular Ecology Notes (Journal compilation © 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.: 10 pp.
