Neogenesis sp. 1.
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Odontiinae
- Genus: Neogenesis
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Primary & disturbed forest, 520-630m.
- Wing Length: 8mm
Taxonomy
Neogenesis sp. 1. is an unnamed morphotype from Sabah (PHS) in the Schulze Coll.
Description
A pale brown-purple sp. with a few cream patches. The head thorax and abdomen are redish brown with the thorax extensively marked with pale yellow and the abdomen with yellowish intersegmental markings. Note the foreleg has very large tufts of grey scales. The palps are extremely large and distinctive. Schulze (2000) taxon #656. Neogenesis flaviplagialis Hampson, 1907: 19 (TL New Guinea) is a different sp..
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References
- Hampson (1907) Descriptions of new species of pyralidae of the subfamiles Hydrocampinae and Scoparianae, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., Ser. 7, 19 (109 Jan 1907): 1-24.
- Schulze, C.H. (2000) Auswirkungen anthropogener Störungen auf die DiversitÀt von Herbivoren. (Analys von Nachtfalterzönosen entlang von Habitatgradienten in Ost-Malaysia). Unpubl. PhD Thesis, University of Bayreuth, Germany: 350 pp.