Transeromene shafferi ‘Schouten in prep 1992’.

Family: &nbsp; Crambidae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Crambinae
Genus: &nbsp; Transeromene
Distribution: Brunei, Sabah.
Habitat: Lowland to hill forest; 1,000m.
Wing Length: 4mm

Taxonomy

The paratype of Transeromene shafferi ‘Schouten in prep 1992’.*, is in the BMNH TL Sabah, Gunung Monkobo.

Description

A small species with most of the FW grey and black speckled but devoid of markings. There is a fulvous patch at the apex and basal and antemedian fulvous and black bands. There are a few indistinct black spots near the tornus. The HW is a pale grey brown suffused with black towards the margin.

Transeromene shafferi ‘Schouten in prep 1992’. specimen plate

References

Schouten, R. T. A. (1992) Revision of the genera Euchromius Guenée and Miyakea Marumo (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Crambinae). Tijdschr. v. Ent., 135: 191-274.