Conogethes sp. 8
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Genus: Conogethes
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Lowland primary & disturbed forest including canopy <580m.
- Wing Length: 9.5mm
Taxonomy
Conogethes sp. 8. A single specimen from Sabah, PHS in the Schulze Coll. and three specimens in the SLS coll. from Sabah, Imbak Canyon C. A. & Malua F.R..
Description
The spotting pattern is superficially similar to Conogethes nicippealis Walker (1859e: 999), C. parvipunctalis (Inoue & Yamanaka, 2006: 87-88, figs 6, 14, 17, 17a) and C. evaxalis (Walker 1859e: 995) but the specimens do not closely agree with any of those spp.
A very faint darker suffusion is present on the subcosta and central areas of the FW on the FW. Schulze (2000) taxon # 239 ‘Conogethes sp. 8’ & Whitaker Kitching taxon #615.
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References
- 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.
- Inoue, H. & Yamanaka, H. (2006) Redescription of Conogethes punctiferalis (Guenée) and description of two new closely allied species from Eastern Palaearctic and Oriental regions (Pyralidae: Pyraustinae). Tinea, 19 (2), 80-91.
- Walker, F. (1859e) Pyralides, In; List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. Ser. 4, 19: 799-1036.
