Dichocrocis sp. 17 | The Pyralids of Borneo

Family: &nbsp; Crambidae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Spilomelinae
Genus: &nbsp; Dichocrocis
Distribution: Brunei.
Habitat: Lowland forest.
Wing Length: 10mm

Taxonomy

Dichocrocis sp. 17 a single specimen in the BMNH, from Brunei Labi.

Description

A pale yellow, rather delicate sp. with black markings on both wings. The pattern has mainly linear elements on both FW & HW. The abdomen base has two lateral brown-black spots and a black tip.

This taxon superficially resemble Xanthomelaena Hampson (1896: 255) but does not have the discrete wing spots of X. schematias (Meyrick, 1894: 458). It raises the question as to how Xanthomelaena differs from some Dichocrocis spp..

References

Meyrick, E. (1894) XVIII On Pyralidina from the Malay Archipelago. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1894: 455-480.
Hampson, G. F. (1896) Moths Vol. III, In Blandford, W.T. (ed.), The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, W.T., Taylor and Francis, London: 546pp.