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Noctuelia sp. 1

  • Family: Crambidae
  • Subfamily: Odontiinae
  • Genus: Noctuelia
  • Distribution: Sabah.
  • Habitat: Lowland primary forest canopy; 580m.
  • Wing Length: 7.5mm

Taxonomy

Noctuelia sp. 1 is a single unnamed specimen in the Schulze Coll. from Sabah (PHS). A generic revision of Noctuelia is probably required as members of the N. tapsusalis group are visually very different from this purple-brown and yellow N. dichroalis group.

Description

The wing bases are a marbled purple brown and black. The wing margins are mainly yellow.

References

  • Schulze, C.H. (2000) Auswirkungen anthropogener Störungen auf die DiversitĂ€t von Herbivoren. (Analys von Nachtfalterzönosen entlang von Habitatgradienten in Ost-Malaysia). Unpubl. PhD Thesis, University of Bayreuth, Germany: 350 pp.

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