Bacotoma sp.3; PED 13

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  Taxonomy

  
  

  Bacotoma sp. 3 nr B. ptochora Meyrick, 1894; a specimen in the Schulze Coll. from Sabah, PHS.
  
  Generic placement provisional.

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  Description

  
  

  Wing Length: 10mm. This sp. has a broad brown costa and broad brown wing borders on a golden yellow base. The FW basal line is indistinct and the cell has a small elongate spot basally and a distinct elongated spot post medianally. Overall it is very similar to Bacotoma sp. 1 being smaller than B. ptochura Meyrick and having a distinct spot basally on the HW subcosta. However the width of the submarginal brown areas are similar to B. ptochura. Schulze (2000) Taxon #351.

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  Distribution & Habitat

  
  

  Sabah. Lowland primary forest; 630m.

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  Life History & Pest Status

  
  

  Lowland. India (Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Andaman Is.), Burma, Sabah, Buru, Philippines.

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  Similar spp.

  
  

  Bacotoma sp. 1 & sp 2.

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  Unrelated Look-alikes

  
  

  no content available.

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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.

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  Genitalia

  
  

  no content available.

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  DNA Barcode

  
  

  no content available.

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  3D Imaging

  
  

  no content available.

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  Spare

  
  

  no content available.

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