Microchilo syndyas Meyrick
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Crambinae
- Tribe: Diptychophorini
- Genus: Microchilo
- Distribution: Java, Brunei, Sumbawa.
- Habitat: Lowland including regenerating vegetation <610m
- Wing Length: 4mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Scoparia syndyas Meyrick, 1938: 84. TL Java (Mt Overboek). comb. n. to Microchilo Okano, 1962 (Nuss 1998: 518).
Description
A small pale grey brown sp. FW brown speckled with an indistinct, pale, curved submarginal fasciae. A few similar morphotypes seen from Borneo. These may be vars. of M. syndyas. See Microchilo spp. 2, 3 & 4.
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References
- Okano , (1962) Rep. Gakugei Fac. Iwate Univ. 20 (3) : 129, pl. 6, fig. 9.
- Meyrick E. (1938b) Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift ‘Iris’ zu Dresden, 52: 73-88.
