Bacotoma? sp. 5
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Genus: Bacotoma
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Lowland primary & secondary forest and cultivated areas; 480-630m.
- Wing Length: 9.5-12mm
Taxonomy
Bacotoma sp. 5. An unnamed morphotype nr. B. ptochura Meyrick, 1894; from Sabah, PHS in the Schulze Coll.
Description
This sp. has a broad brown costa and broad brown wing borders on a golden yellow base. The FW submedian line is narrow as is the postmedian line which starts at a darker costal spot. That line diverts basally halfway across the wing leaving a small yellow area distally. The the cell has distinct elongated spot medianally. The abdomen is mainly pale orange-yellow but greyish near the tip.
The two specimens illustrated are very similar but differ in size and the distinctness of their markings and may not be conspecific.
Schulze Taxa #605 & #606.
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References
- Schulze, C.H. (2000) Auswirkungen anthropogener Störungen auf die DiversitÀt von Herbivoren. (Analys von Nachtfalterzönosen entlang von Habitatgradienten in Ost-Malaysia). Unpubl. PhD Thesis, University of Bayreuth, Germany, 350pp.
