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Nymphicula sp. 3; PED 3


  • Taxonomy


    Nymphicula sp. 3 is an unnamed specimen In the Schulze Coll., from Sabah (Tunku Abdul Rahman N.P.).

  • Description


    Wing length: 4mm. A small Nymphicula sp. It is dark brown, orange and white with leaden patches near the FW termen. It has more dark brown speckling than some spp. and much of the fulvous is restricted to the FW apex. Its HW has two marginal eye spots separated by orange patches Schulze (2000) Taxon #356. It is superficially similar to N. tripunctata Yoshiyasu, 1987: 177, but that sp. has four termenal eye spots.

  • Distribution & Habitat


    Sabah. Lowland Island; mangrove, secondary forest; <250.

  • Life History & Pest Status


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  • Similar spp.


    Nymphicula tripunctata

  • Unrelated Look-alikes


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  • References


    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, 350pp.

  • 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