Eoophyla melanops Hampson
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Acentropinae
- Genus: Eoophyla
- Distribution: India (Sikkim), Thailand, W.
- Habitat: Malaysia, China (Guangxi, Guizhou); Lowland <750m
- Wing Length: 8-15mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Aulacodes melanops Hampson, 1896: 214 is from India (Sikkim).
- comb. n. to Eoophyla (Yoshiasu, 1987: 163)
Description
This sp. has a typical Eoophyla patterning and colours, of fulvous, brown and white. FW with a brown sub-termenal band, a triangular brown post median patch widest at the costa and a fulvous termenal band separated from the post median patch by a whiteband. The falcate HW is mainly fulvous and white with a basal fulvous patch and a broad fulvous sub termenal band separeated from the basal area by a broad white median band. the termenal margin has four mainly complete black eyespots. The male is slightly smaller than the female (8-11mm; female 11-15mm). No Bornean specimens confirmed.
Tap/Click to zoom
References
- Hampson, G.F. (1896) Moths, Vol. IV, In Blandford, W.T. (ed.), The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, W.T., Taylor and Francis, London: xxiii + 594pp.
- Yoshiyasu, Y., (1987) The Nymphulinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Thailand, with descriptions of a new genus and six new species. - In Kuroko, H. & Moriuti, S. (eds.) Microlepidoptera of Thailand 1: 133-184.