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Placosaris sp. 3

  • Family: Crambidae
  • Subfamily: Pyraustinae
  • Genus: Placosaris
  • Distribution: Sabah.
  • Habitat: Lowland young disturbed forest & cultivated area, 460-480m
  • Wing Length: 10mm

Taxonomy

Placosaris sp. 3. Unnamed specimens in the Schulze Coll., from Sabah (PHS). These may be the same as Placosaris arjunoalis.

Description

A totally brown sp. with faint markings on the FW including an antemedian line, a very faint post marginal line and faint sub marginal spots at the veins. Schulze (2000) taxon #619.

References

  • Munroe, E. & Muutura, A. (1970) Can. ent., 102, (12); 1489-1507, figs, 9, 20.
  • Schulze, C.H. (2000) Auswirkungen anthropogener Störungen auf die DiversitĂ€t von Herbivoren. (Analys von Nachtfalterzönosen entlang von Habitatgradienten in Ost-Malaysia). Unpubl. PhD Thesis, University of Bayreuth, Germany: 350 pp.

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