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Bacotoma? sp. 7

  • Family: Crambidae
  • Subfamily: Spilomelinae
  • Genus: Bacotoma
  • Distribution: Sabah.
  • Habitat: Lowland secondary forest & cultivated areas; 460m.
  • Wing Length: 10mm

Taxonomy

Bacotoma sp. 7; a worn specimen in the Schulze Coll.from PHS. Generic placement uncertain.

Description

Unlike most of the Bacotoma ptochura Group this sp. is more uniformly brown with less distinct submarginal brown areas. on the FW the yellow is confined to the dorsal margin.

Schulze (2000) Taxon #604.

References

  • Schulze, C.H. (2000) Auswirkungen anthropogener Störungen auf die DiversitĂ€t von Herbivoren. (Analys von Nachtfalterzönosen entlang von Habitatgradienten in Ost-Malaysia). Unpubl. PhD Thesis, University of Bayreuth, Germany, 350pp.

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