Mabra fauculalis Walker | The Pyralids of Borneo

Family: &nbsp; Crambidae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Pyraustinae
Genus: &nbsp; Mabra
Distribution: W. Malaysia, Sabah, Brunei, Sarawak.
Habitat: Lowland forest including canopy, cultivated areas; &lt;650m.
Wing Length: 7mm

Taxonomy

The male holotype of Hydrocampa fauculalis Walker, 1859: 962 is from Sarawak. The type No 973 collected by A.R. Wallace is in the Oxford UMNH.

Description

A small fulvous sp. with faint darker lineation and black spots on the veins on the wing termenae. There is a noticeable creamy white patch on the FW apex. The abdomen is fulvous and in the males relatively long and slightly ‘waisted’ a feature typical of the genus.

References

Walker, F. (1859e [May 10]) List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. 4th Series 19: 890-964.