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Musotima sp. 4

  • Family: Crambidae
  • Subfamily: Musotiminae
  • Genus: Musotima
  • Distribution: W.
  • Habitat: Malaysia, lowland primary forest <610m.
  • Wing Length: 9.5mm

Taxonomy

Musotima sp. 4; an unnamed specimen from W. Malaysia (Belum) in the HSB Coll. Generic placement provisional.

Description

A mainly brown sp. with a fulvous termenal band on both wings. Proximally to this are narrow incomplete white lines. Postmedially on both wings are short white bands across the subcostate and near the tornus. A black discocellular spot with a white eye is present on all wings. The abdomen is mainly dark brown. Several other ‘Musotima’ spp. are similar.


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