Coptobasis? sp. 6
- Family: Pyralidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Genus: Coptobasis
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Lowland primary forest, 600-630m.
- Wing Length: 9mm
Taxonomy
Coptobasis? sp. 6. A series from Sabah (PHS) the Schulze Coll.
Description
A brown morphospecies with a purple sheen. With its diffuse FW darker brown, edged in whitish, antemedian and post-median lines and a similar HW median line. The patterning and colour similar to Botys subjunctalis Walker, 1865 [1866]: 1441-1442 [ = lunalis (Guenée, 1854)]. However the white orbicular spot is not crescentic but rectangular. The antennae are simple, slightly pilose and have swollen bases.
Schulze (2000) ‘Syllepte? sp. 1’ taxon #496
It is superficially similar to Coptobasis sp. 5 but the largest white area on the FW is medially rather than on the post median line.
Slightly smaller than the majority of Coptobasis spp.
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References
- Walker, F. (1865 [1866 Jan 13]) List Spec Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. 34, (Suppl. 4): 1121-1533.
- 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.