Bacotoma sp.5; PED 13

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  Taxonomy

  
  

  Bacotoma sp. 5. An unnamed morphotype nr. B. ptochura Meyrick, 1894; from Sabah, PHS in the Schulze Coll.
  
  Generic placement provisional.

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  Description

  
  

  Wing Length: 9.5mm - 12mm. This sp. has a broad brown costa and broad brown wing borders on a golden yellow base. The FW submedian line is narrow as is the postmedian line which starts at a darker costal spot. That line diverts basally halfway across the wing leaving a small yellow area distally. The the cell has distinct elongated spot medianally. The abdomen is mainly pale orange-yellow but greyish near the tip.
  
  The two specimens illustrated are very similar but differ in size and the distinctness of their markings and may not be conspecific.
  
  Schulze Taxa #605 & #606.

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  Distribution & Habitat

  
  

  Sabah. Lowland primary & secondary forest and cultivated areas; 480-630m.

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  Life History & Pest Status

  
  

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  Similar spp.

  
  

  Bacotoma ptochura
  Bacotoma sp.1
  Bacotoma ptochura group

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  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.

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  Genitalia

  
  

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  DNA Barcode

  
  

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  3D Imaging

  
  

  no content available.

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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