Rhodoneura sp. 5 | The Pyralids of Borneo

Family: &nbsp; Thyrididae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Siculodinae
Tribe: &nbsp; Rhodoneurini
Genus: &nbsp; Rhodoneura
Distribution: Sabah.
Habitat: Lower montane forest; 1200m.
Wing Length: 29mm

Sabah, Mt. Kinabalu. Rhodoneura sp. 5 is a damaged specimen of an unnamed sp. from Sabah, Mount Kinabalu, Mesilau, in the NHM (Mi7392).

It has a distinctive wing shape with extensive dark brown reticulation and dark comma-shaped mark at the FW cell.

V. distinctive, difficult to confuse