Bacotoma? sp. 2
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Genus: Bacotoma
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Lowland primary forest.
- Wing Length: 11mm
Taxonomy
Bacotoma? sp. 2. A specimen from Sabah, Tawau Hills N.P. in the MFNH, Berlin.
Description
The FW of this distinctive sp. is dark chocolate-brown, proximally. Both wings have broad chocolate-brown wing margins on a yellow base which on the FW is restricted to the distal and median areas. The broad brown wing margins are similar to B. ptochura Meyrick but the FW is more elongate. The small spot seen near the base of the HW subcosta in many morphotypes of the Bacotoma ptochura Group is absent. The abdomen is a creamy yellow and has paired black marks near its tip similar to many spp. in the Old World Syngamia group.
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References
- Meyrick, E. (1894) XVIII On Pyralidina from the Malay Archipelago, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond: 455-480.
- 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
