Lygomusotima sp. 2
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Musotiminae
- Genus: Lygomusotima
- Distribution: W. Malaysia, Sabah.
- Habitat: Lowland & hill disturbed forest; <610m.
- Wing Length: 9mm
Taxonomy
Lygomusotima sp. 2. A single unnamed, damaged, specimen in the Schulze Coll. from Sabah (PHS). A very similar morphotype from W. Malaysia is in the HSB Coll.
Description
The sp. is mainly brown including the head abdomen and thorax. The brown FW has a fulvous subcosta and a band of this colour extends round the FW and HW margins where basally it is edged in black. The FW and HW has white patches submarginally. Dark brown submedian and post median lines traverse both wings starting at a dark spot on the FW costa. A dark spot in the FW cell, is bordered basally by a white lunule. Schulze (2000) taxon #646 ‘Orphnophanes? sp. 2’.
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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.