Eoophyla ceratucha Meyrick, [1894]; PED 4

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  Taxonomy

  
  

  The holotype of Aulacodes ceratucha Meyrick, 1894a is from Kalimantan Selatan (Pulau Laut).
  
  Comb. n. to Eoophyla (Yoshiyasu 1987).
  
  Oligostigma falcatalis Snellen, [1901]: (298, pl. 17, figs 2,3) TL Java, was considered by Yoshiyasu (1987: 168) as a junior subjective syn. of E. ceratucha(Meyrick, 1894a) but Mey (pers. Com. 2006) considers it a good sp.

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  Description

  
  

  Wing length: 12mm. After examination of extensive material from Southeast Asia by Jaenicke & Mey (2011), this species has proved to be complex of at least eleven similar species comprising the Eoöphyla ceratucha-group.
  
  Very similar in colours and patterning to E. boernickei Mey, 2006 but with lighter brown colours and different wing shape. The wings are more triangular and the HW less falcate
  
  Very common in Sabah, Danum Valley near small streams. By far the commonest group of pyralids encountered by Schulze near the Kinabalu N.P. (Schulze, 2000; Fiedler & Schulze 2004). E. ochripicta (Moore, 1889) is very similar.

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  Distribution & Habitat

  
  

  Sabah, Brunei, Kalimantan Selatan. Near streams in lowland primary & secondary forest (including up in the canopy) & cultivated areas; <650m.

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  Life History & Pest Status

  
  

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  Similar spp.

  
  

  Eoophyla falcatalis, E. boernickei

  E. ceratucha group

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  Unrelated Look-alikes

  
  

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  References

  
  

  Fiedler, K. & Schulze, C.H. (2004) Forest modification affects diversity (but not dynamics) of speciose tropical pyraloid moth communities. Biotropica 30 (4): 615-627.
  
  Jaenicke, B. & Mey, W. (2011) Revision der Eoophyla ceratucha-Gruppe und ihr Verbreitung in Sudostasian, Beitr. Ent., 61 (1): 3-87, 25 figs. [In German]
  
  Meyrick, E. (1894a) On Pyralidina from the Malay Archipelago. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.: 455-480.
  
  Yoshiyasu, Y. (1987) Microlepid. Thailand, 1: 133-185.

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  Genitalia

  
  

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  DNA Barcode

  
  

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  3D Imaging

  
  

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  Spare

  
  

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KEY TO TABS
(1) Taxonomy, (2) Description, (3) Distribution & Habitat, (4) Life History & Pest Status, (5) Similar spp., (6) Unrelated Look-alikes, (7) References, (8) Genitalia, (9) DNA Barcode, (10) 3D Imaging, (11) Spare