Conogethes sp. 9
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Genus: Conogethes
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Lowland to lower montane, primary forest including canopy 580-1200m.
- Wing Length: 9.5mm
Taxonomy
Conogethes sp. 9. A short series from Sabah, PHS in the Schulze Coll. incorrectly identified as Conogethes diminutiva nr. var. fulvida Warren, 1896c: 168, in the Schulze Coll.
Description
The FW is distinctively tinged with a reddish purple with a few areas of yellow, especially termenally. Fresh specimens are quite a dark reddish brown. The HW is mainly yellow with a few black sub-termenal spots and and reddish post-median fascia. The body is orange-brown dorsally and the males have long dark anal hair pencils. Schulze (2000) taxon #237 ‘Conogethes diminutiva nr. var. fulvida’.
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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.
- Warren, W. (1896c) XVIII New species of moths from the Khasia Hills, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 18 (104): 163-177.
