Cymoriza rhabdotalis Hampson

Taxonomy

The male holotype of Ambia rhabdotalis Hampson, 1897: 161 from Amboina, is in the BMNH.

Description

Both wings are coarsely  patterned in fulvous orange and brown on a white background. The wing margins have series of marginal black points which pass into the cillia. Most obvious on the HW. Thorax and head fuscous. Abdomen fuscous with white banding. Schulze Taxon #666. His specimen from Sabah, PHS, Por4, noted as compared with specimens in BMNH is not conspecific and we list it separately as Cymoriza sp. 1

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.
• Hampson, G.F. (1897b) On the classification of two subfamilies of moths of the Family Pyralidae: The Hydrocampinae and Scopariinae. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. :127-240.