Eoophyla nigripilosa Yoshiyasu, [1978]; PED 3

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  Taxonomy

  
  

  The holotype of Eoophyla nigripilosa Yoshiyasu, 1978: 170, figs. 24, 25 is from Thailand (Chiang Mai, Nakhorn Nayok, Chanthaburi). Included in the Eoophyla ceratucha-group by Jaenicke & Mey (2011: 43).

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  Description

  
  

  Wing length: 10-12mm. Typical Eoophyla patterning in brown white and yellow. A full description and figures of genitalia are given in Yoshiyasu (1978). Note the hind coxae with a thick tuft of fulvous scales. A sp. close to E. nigripilosa was amongst the six commonest spp. encountered near the Kinabalu N.P. by Fiedler & Schulze (2004). First recorded from China by Li et al. (2003).

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  Distribution & Habitat

  
  

  Thailand, Sabah, China. Lowland primary forest and cultivated areas, 460-650m

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  Life History & Pest Status

  
  

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  Similar spp.

  
  

  Eoophyla ceratucha-group

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  Unrelated Look-alikes

  
  

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  References

  
  

  Li, W.C., You, P. & Wang, S-H. (2003) A systematic study of the genus Eoophyla Swinhoe in China, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Nymphulinae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 28 (2): 295-302.
  
  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