Trichophysetis sp. 4
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Cybalomiinae
- Genus: Trichophysetis
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Lowland primary forest; 430m.
- Wing Length: 4.5mm
Taxonomy
Trichophysetis sp. 4 is an unnamed morphotype from Sabah (Serinsim Substation, Marak Parak) in the Schulze Coll.
The generic concepts represented by Trichophysetis (Meyrick 1884: 287) and Hendecasis Hampson, (1896: 140) are uncertain.
Description
A small, overall pale fulvous sp., with a few darker patches. The FW & HW termenal margins are slightly darker orange and there are faint diffuse darker orange interneural spots in the sub-apical areas. The abdomen is elongate. A melanistic specimen was seen from same location. Trichophysetis sp. 6 is probably the same taxon. Schulze (2000) taxon #949.
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References
- Meyrick, E. (1884) On the classification of the Australian Pyralidina, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond.: 61-88, 277-350.
- Hampson, G.F. (1896) Moths, Vol. IV, In Blandford, W.T. (ed.), The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, W.T., Taylor and Francis, London: xxiii + 594pp.
- Schulze, C.H. (2000) Auswirkungen anthropogener Störungen auf die DiversitÀt von Herbivoren. (Analys von Nachtfalterzönosen entlang von Habitatgradienten in Ost-Malaysia). Unpubl. PhD Thesis, University of Bayreuth, Germany: 350 pp.