Coptobasis sp. 20

Taxonomy

Coptobasis? sp. 20. Specimen #4644 in the Schulze Coll. from Sabah, PHS. Generic placement provisional.

Description

This sp. is almost entirely dark purplish brown. It has virtually no markings except for a small dark triangular shaped orbicular mark and a small reniform spot. There is an indication of a paler post median fascia but this may be damage on this worn specimen. Note the prominent valvae and pale fawn anal hair pencils. The dark brown tegulae are very elongate.

See Coptobasis [Patania] deficiens Moore, 1887.

Schulze (2000) taxon #436 (nb this taxon number appears to have been duplicated).

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: 350 pp.