Mabra sp. 1 | The Pyralids of Borneo

Family: &nbsp; Crambidae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Pyraustinae
Tribe: &nbsp; Incertae sedis
Genus: &nbsp; Mabra
Distribution: Brunei.
Habitat: Lowland, secondary &amp; coastal vegetation, 60m.

Taxonomy

Mabra sp. 1 An unnamed female specimen from Brunei (Labi) in the BMNH accessions boxes. Generic placement very uncertain, it may be a spilomeline.

Description

This small orange sp. has the lineation of some Dichocrocis spp. Wings with thin brown ante-median and post-median lines. There is a thicker brown termenal line. The FW post-median line is acutely angled to the median position at four-fifths towards the tornus. The transverse lines are all expanded towards the brown FW costa. The HW is similarly orange crossed by two irregular brownish lines at the ante-median and post-median positions.The head, thorax and abdomen are bright orange with some brown laterally on the thorax and white intersegmental banding on the abdomen.