Eugauria sp. 1
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Musotiminae
- Genus: Eugauria
- Distribution: W. Malaysia, Lowland forest & disturbed areas.
- Habitat: 610m.
- Wing Length: 5.6mm
Taxonomy
Eugauria sp. 1 nr. E. albidentata (Hampson 1897). Specimens in the HSB, Schulze & SLS Colls.
Description
The sp. is mainly brown including the head abdomen and thorax. The brown FW with an elongate white triangle extending from the costa in the sub-apical region. Slightly near the apex is a similar orange fascia. Note the tornal fold of the HW which may conceal the eyespot on the tornus. Schulze (2000) taxon #016 This morphotype is less dark and differs from E. albidentata Hampson in the prominence of the white ‘eyespots’ on the HW termen and it has a narrower HW dark subtermenal band bordered by an orange line.
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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.