Peniculimius api Schouten
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Crambinae
- Tribe: Diptychophorini
- Genus: Peniculimius
- Distribution: Sarawak, Brunei.
- Habitat: Submontane, 1200-1682m
- Wing Length: 6mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Peniculimius api Schouten, 1994: 18, figs. 9, 10, 16. is from Sarawak, Gg. Api Pinnacles, is in the BMNH.
Description
The typical Peniculimius (Schouten, 1994: 18) patterning is similar to Metaeuchromius (Bleszynski 1960). They have a plain brownish HW and speckled pale brown, slightly falcate, FW. Typically the FW is traversed by an orange submedian fascia and several diagonal orange lines near the apex. Submarginal brown lines are usually present and there are several orange spots alternating with small black eye-spots, distally near the termen.
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References
- Schouten, R.T.A. (1994) Storkia. Den Haag. Museon, 3:8, figs 3, 15
- Gaskin, D.E. (1975a) The genus Pareromene (Diptychophorini: Crambinae: Pyralidae: Lepidoptera) from Malaysia, Indonesia and New Guinea. J. Ent. (Series B) London 43 (2): 185-208.