Bacotoma? ptochura Meyrick
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Genus: Bacotoma
- Distribution: Singapore, Sabah, Brunei, Sarawak, Kalimantan Selatan.
- Habitat: Lowland secondary forest; <250m.
- Wing Length: 13mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Platamonia ptochura Meyrick, 1894: 468 is from Kalimantan Selatan, Pulau Laut. In LepIndex as Pilocrocis.
Description
A sp. with distinctive patterning in yellow and brown. The brown is mainly on the FW subcosta and the broad marginal band. Both wings have a complete, curved, brown, post median line separated from the submarginal zone by a yellow fascia. The FW has a diagonal brown post median line and a diffuse brown stigmatic mark. In the HW the post median line has a distinct bend in its centre.
There is much variability in morphotypes in this ‘Bacotoma ptochura group’ similar to this sp. and the group may be a species complex. Several forms are illustrated here as unnamed spp. near B. ptochura.
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References
- Hering, E. M. (1903) Neue Pyraliden aus dem Tropischen Faunengebiet, Stett. Entomol. Zeit., 64 (1), 97-112.
- Yang, Z., M. Ullah, Landry, J.-F., Miller, S. E., Rosati, M. E. & Zhang, Y. (2019) Reassessment of the moth genus Bacotoma, with a new species from Hainan Island (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae). Insect Systematics & Evolution, Copenhagen: 1-24. DOI: 10.1163/1876312X-00002205.
- Hering, E. M. (1901b) Eubersicht der Sumatra-Pyralidae, Stett. Entomol. Zeit., 62 (6-12): 219-348, pls. 3,4.
- Hering, E. M. (1901a) Eubersicht der Sumatra-Pyralidae, Stett. Entomol. Zeit., 62 (1-6): 13-118, pls. 1-2.
