Peniculimius crassus Schouten
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Crambinae
- Tribe: Diptychophorini
- Genus: Peniculimius
- Distribution: Sabah. Mt. Kinabalu.
- Habitat: Submontane, primary forest <1500m
- Wing Length: 6.5mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Peniculimius crassus Schouten, 1994: : 20, figs. 5, 11, 12, 17 is from Sabah, Mt. Kinabalu. The paratype is in the BMNH.
Description
The slightly falcate FW appears mainly pale brown, (with a mix of dark brown and white scales) It has a single bicolour, transverse median line, which is grey blue on the basal edge and orange distally. The apex is orange and a triangular apical area is delineated by two orange and two blue grey lines. There are eight termenal spots separated by orange patches. Schouten (1994: describes and illustrates the sp. and its genitalia. The HW is a very pale brown. Almost indistinguishable from other Peniculimius spp. with eight black termenal dots being similar to Peniculimius api, P. fructus & P. marginata which only differ slightly in the shape of the fasciae and in the texturing (scale distribution) in the brownish areas. They are all best separated by the genitalia.
References
- Schouten, R.T.A. (1994) Storkia. Den Haag. Museon, 3: 20, figs. 5, 11, 12, 17.
- 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.
