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Hendecasis sp. 9

  • Family: Crambidae
  • Subfamily: Cybalomiinae
  • Genus: Hendecasis
  • Distribution: Sabah.
  • Habitat: Lowland primary forest & cultivated areas; 460-630m.
  • Wing Length: 7,5mm

Taxonomy

Hendecasis sp. 9 is an unnamed series from Sabah, in the Schulze Coll.

Description

A sp. with several indistinct patches of black scales on a white back ground. On the FW these form diffuse post median and submedian bands. The FW has a diffuse black spot in the cell. The HW also has several diffuse black patches. The abdomen is elongate.

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.

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