Eoophyla cocos Mey, [2009]; PED 3
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Taxonomy
The holotype of Eoophyla cocos Mey 2009:104, 106 is from Sabah (Mt. Kinabalu N.P., PHS). It is in the MfNH, Berlin. Paratypes are held in Sepilok (FRC), MfNH and BMNH.
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Description
Wing length: 11mm (male) and 18mm (female). A large chocolate brown sp. with orange-brown and paler brown banding. The FW has a line of termenal spots and the slightly falcate HW has three tornal eyespots. The forewing venation in males of this sp. is modified to accommodate a tuft of long scales in the FW cell. Females are paler and usually much larger with unmodified venation. There is a great size range and some specimens may be very dark. Eoophyla cocos Mey 2009 is related to E. gibbosalis (Guenée, 1854). and these two represent a sp. pair sharing the striking brown wings with a similar pattern of bands and patches.
The male genitalia are illustrated by Mey, (2009 Figs 18-20). The male genitalia, with a robust gnathos with thick apical teeth are diagnostic for this sp.. It can be easily separated from E. gibbosalis (Guenée, 1854) by the FW subapical triangular patch being brown and not white, and in the HW by the unique arrangement of black spots around the white eye spots. -
Distribution & Habitat
Sabah, Brunei. Lowland to upper montane; <1700m.
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Life History & Pest Status
Aquatic larvae.
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Similar spp.
Eoophyla gibbosalis
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Unrelated Look-alikes
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References
Mey, W. (2009) New aquatic moths from high elevations of Mt. Kinabalu in northern Borneo (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Acentropinae) Ent. v. Zeitschr., 119 (3): 99-107.
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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