Cirrhochrista sp. 6
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Tribe: Margaroniini
- Genus: Cirrhochrista
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Lowland & lower montane, primary & disturbed forest <1200m.
- Wing Length: 14.5mm
Taxonomy
Cirrhochrista sp. 6. Specimens from Sabah nr. C. spissalis Guenée, 1854: 326-327. in the Schulze Coll.
Description
The dark brown wings are almost unmarked except for a diffuse white patch in the discocellular area. This may be an indistinctly marked, dark var., of C. spissalis.
Schulze (2000) ‘Cirrhochrista sp. 3’, taxon #043.
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References
- Guenee, 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.
- Schulze, C.H. (2000) Auswirkungen anthropogener Störungen auf die Diversität von Herbivoren. (Analys von Nachtfalterzönosen entlang von Habitatgradienten in Ost-Malaysia). Unpubl. PhD Thesis, University of Bayreuth, Germany, 350pp.
- Wang, HsiauYue. & Spiedel, W (2000) Guide Book to Insects in Taiwan (19). Pyraloidea (Pyralidae, Crambidae). Shu Shin Books, Taipei, Taiwan: pp 295.