Ceratarcha? sp. 5
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Genus: Ceratarcha
- Distribution: W. Malaysia; Hill forest & disturbed areas.
- Habitat: 610m.
- Wing Length: 8mm
Taxonomy
Ceratarcha sp. 5? an un-named morphotype from W, Malaysia (GTE) in the HSB Coll.
Generic position uncertain.
Description
A small pale pink-brown morphospecies. the FW has a post-median line, darker at the costa and angled centrally. There is a faint elongate spot in the disco-ocellular area. The ante-median line is barely visible. The HW has two darker transverse shadings. The ante-median is the wider and the post median is incomplete, only present anteriorly. The head is pale and the neck brown and the thorax and abdomen are mottled white and greyish with darker brown inter segmental bands.
Taxonomic Update
This may be the same species as Trichophysetis sp. 1.
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