Musotima sp. 16
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Musotiminae
- Genus: Musotima
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Lowland primary forest; 630m.
- Wing Length: 8.5mm
Taxonomy
Musotima sp. 16 is a single unnamed specimen in the Schulze Coll. from Sabah, PHS.
Description
A dark brown sp. with a few ochreous spots and indistinct curving white lineation. The wings are distinctly falcate. Superficially resembles A. thyridialis Lederer, 1855 but with less distinct patterning and fewer pale spots. Schulze (2000) ‘Acentropinae sp. 4’ taxon #574.
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References
- Lederer, J. (1855) Beitrag zur Schmetterlings-Fauna von Cypern Beruit und einem Theille Kleine-Asiens, Verh. zool. bot. Ver. Wien, 5: 177-254, 5 pls.
- 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.