Trichophysetis sp. 6
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Cybalomiinae
- Genus: Trichophysetis
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Lowland primary & riparian forest; <430m.
- Wing Length: 4mm
Taxonomy
Trichophysetis sp. 6 is a common unnamed morphotype from Sabah in the HSB, SLS & Schulze Colls.
The generic concepts represented by Trichophysetis (Meyrick 1884: 287) and Hendecasis Hampson, (1896: 140) are uncertain.
Description
A very small lightly marked pale fulvous sp. There is a darker marginal line on both wing termenae and indistinct neural spots on the FW termen. The males have long pale anal hair pencils. Schulze (2000) Taxon # 946 ‘Trichophysetis? sp. 1’ Trichophysetis sp. 4 is probably the same taxon.
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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 Diversität von Herbivoren. (Analys von Nachtfalterzönosen entlang von Habitatgradienten in Ost-Malaysia). Unpubl. PhD Thesis, University of Bayreuth, Germany: 350 pp.