Ostrinia Sp. 1
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Pyraustinae
- Genus: Ostrinia
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Lowland primary forest & cultivated area; 460-600m.
- Wing Length: 11mm
Taxonomy
Ostrinia sp. 1 is an unnamed specimen in the Schulze Coll. from Sabah (PHS).
Description
This handsome mushroom-coloured morphotype could be a variety of Ostrinia furnacalis. Schulze (2000) taxon #730. See Ostrinia furnacalis Guenée, 1854
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References
- Guenée, A. (1854) Deltoïdes et pyralites. In Boisduval, J.A. & Guenée, A., Hist. nat. des Insectes (Spec. gén. Lépid.) Vol. 8, 448pp. + 10 pls., Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris.
- Schulze, C.H. (2000) Auswirkungen anthropogener Störungen auf die Diversität von Herbivoren. (Analys von Nachtfalterzönosen entlang von Habitatgradienten in Ost-Malaysia). Unpubl. PhD Thesis, University of Bayreuth, Germany, 350pp.