Nymphicula kinabaluensis Mey
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Acentropinae
- Genus: Nymphicula
- Distribution: Sabah, Brunei. Lower montane streams.
- Habitat: 1400 - 1600m.
- Wing Length: 5mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Nymphicula kinabaluensis Mey 2009: 106, fig 30, is from, Sabah, Mt. Kinabalu N.P. H.Q., Liwagu River. It is in the MfNH Berlin. It does not belong to the N. atriterminalis group, and is better placed in the N. stipalis group which is widely distributed in S.E. Asia.
Description
A small sp. with an orange brown and white pattern. Morphotypes seen in the BMNH from Sabah & Brunei are very similar but slightly smaller than the holotype. In the hind-wings N. kinabaluensis has some similarities with N. xanthobathra (Meyrick, 1894a) from S.W. Borneo. The serrate subterminal line and the five eye-spots separated by orange or silvery white on the HW margin are said to be diagnostic for this sp. (Mey, 2009). However note that Nymphicula sp. 2, Nymphula sp. 5 and the larger Nymphicula blandialis share the serrate subterminal line, but have four eyespots. The white post median patch from the costa is different in all three spp.. In the hind-wings N. kinabaluensis has some similarities with N. xanthobathra (Meyrick, 1894) from S.W. Borneo.
References
- Mey, W. (2009) New aquatic moths from high elevations of Mt. Kinabalu in northern Borneo (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Acentropinae). Ent. Zeitschr., Stuttgart, 119 (3) 99 -107.
- Walker, F. (1859c). Pyralides. In; List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. 17: pp. i-iiv, 255-508.
- Meyrick, E. (1894a) On Pyralidina from the Malay Archipelago. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.: 455-480.
