Musotima? sp. 14
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Musotiminae
- Genus: Musotima
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Lower montane primary forest & disturbed areas <1585m.
- Wing Length: 8mm
Taxonomy
Musotima sp. 14; An un-named specimen from W. Malaysia, photographed at Sabah, Mt. Kinabalu, Kinabalu Mountain Lodge. Other specimens in the ITBC Borneensis Coll.
Description
A sp. with complicated banded patterning in fulvous and white, with a curving dark brown line centrally on the FW and HW. These lines intersect on rear of the thorax forming a large cross across the wings. The largest white patches are on the termenae and the wing bases. The HW is slightly falcate. The frons is white, the abdomen is patterned in orange white and brown.
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