Nymphicula sp. 4
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Acentropinae
- Genus: Nymphicula
- Distribution: Sabah, Sarawak.
- Habitat: Water bodies in lowland primary & disturbed forest & cultivated areas <580m
- Wing Length: 5.5mm
Taxonomy
Nymphicula sp. 4 an unnamed specimen in the Schulze Coll. Another specimen from Sarawak (Annah Reis, Sg. Semadang.) was seen in the MfNH Berlin.
Description
A fairly common Nymphicula sp. with four eye-spots. A similar specimen in Leiden, Nymphicula cf. stipalis Snellen [1880] 78-79 has been DNA barcoded ID # (RMNH INS 19667) and the data is held in BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (Ratnasingham & Hebert 2007) Note N. stipalis Schulze (2000) taxon # 010.
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References
- Snellen, P. C. T., 1880-1892 [1880]. Lepidoptera. In Veth, P. J., (1880-1892). Midden-Sumatra. 4 (8). 92 pp., 5 pl. Leiden.
- 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, 350pp.
- Ratnasingham, S. & Hebert, P.D.N.(2007) Barcoding - BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (www.barcodinglife.org), Molecular Ecology Notes (Journal compilation © 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.: 10 pp.
- Walker, F. (1859c). Pyralides. In; List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. 17: pp. i-iiv, 255-508.