Eoophyla silvicola Jaenicke & Mey | The Pyralids of Borneo

Family: &nbsp; Crambidae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Acentropinae
Genus: &nbsp; Eoophyla
Distribution: Sabah, Brunei, Sarawak.
Habitat: Water bodies in lowland forest; &lt;600m.
Wing Length: 10-12mm

Taxonomy

The male holotype of Eoophyla silvicola Jaenicke & Mey (2011: 48-50) is from Sabah (Mount Kinabalu NP, PHS) is in Berlin (MfNH). Several male and female paratypes were designated from Sabah, Brunei & Sarawak.

Description

Typical Eoophyla patterning in brown white and yellow. Jaenicke & Mey (2011) give a full description of male and female including illustrations of genitalia (pl. 10 figs 7-8, pl. 19 figs 5-8 & pl. 21 figs 1-8). See E. boernickei Mey, 2006.

MfNH; Paratype; Sabah, DVFC, Sg. Sapat Kalisun.

References

Jaenicke, B. & Mey, W. (2011) Revision der Eoophyla ceratucha-Gruppe und ihr Verbreitung in Sudostasien. Beitr. Ent. 61(1): 3-87, 25 figs. [In German]