Musotima sp. 20 | The Pyralids of Borneo

Family: &nbsp; Crambidae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Musotiminae
Genus: &nbsp; Musotima
Distribution: Sabah.
Habitat: Lowland primary forest, DVFC; &lt;150m
Wing Length: 7mm

Taxonomy

Musotima sp. 20; an unnamed female specimen from Sabah (DVFC) in the MfNH Berlin. Det. Shen-Horn Yen as Neocymoriza.

Description

Primarily pale fulvous brown with curving white bands crossing the wings at the antemedian, median and sub-termenal positions. A white streak extends from the FW cell to the termen. The HW has a dark spot distally by the antemedian band. Very similar unnamed spp., from China and India respectively, were seen in the MfNH Berlin.

References

Guenée, A. (1854) Deltoïdes et pyralites. In Boisduval, J.A. & Guenée, A., Hist. nat. des Insectes (Spec. gén. Lépid.) Vol. 8, 448pp. + 10 pls., Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris.