Trichophysetis sp. 5
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Cybalomiinae
- Genus: Trichophysetis
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Lower montane; 1800m.
- Wing Length: 7.5mm
Taxonomy
Trichophysetis sp. 5 is an unnamed morphotype from Sabah (MKNP) in the MfNH (Berlin).
The generic concepts represented by Trichophysetis (Meyrick 1884: 287) and Hendecasis Hampson, (1896: 140) are uncertain.
Description
A distinctive sp. with an elongate abdomen. Overall there are a speckling of pale brown scales on a pale background which become more orange to the wing margins. There is an indistinct dark basal fascia. The FW has a black, elongate, cellular spot. Another dark spot on the FW costa marks the start of a broad darker orange-brown submarginal band. The HW has curving, black, submedian line.
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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.