Placosaris perakalis Munroe & Muutura | The Pyralids of Borneo

Family: &nbsp; Crambidae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Pyraustinae
Tribe: &nbsp; Pyraustini
Genus: &nbsp; Placosaris
Distribution: W. Malaysia, Sabah? Indonesia (Bali, Sumatra).
Habitat: Lowland &lt;600m.
Wing Length: 9mm

Taxonomy

The male holotype of Placosaris perakalis Munroe & Mutuura 1970: 1501-1503, figs. 9, 20, from W. Malaysia (Perak) is in the BMNH.

Description

A pink-brown species. The FW is lightly marked with an intermittent post median line mainly visible as darker spots on the veins and a serrate basal line.The HW also has an intermittent post median line mainly visible as darker spots on the anterior veins. There is a crescentic orbicular mark. Munroe & Mutuura 1970 give illustration of the male genitalia. No Bornean specimens of this sp. have been seen. Many Placosaris spp. look very similar. See Placosaris sp. 1 & sp. 3.

References

Munroe, E. G. & Mutuura, A. (1970b). Contributions to a Study of the Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) of Temperate East Asia. X., Can. Ent. (Ottawa), 102: 1489-1507.