‘Ambia’ decoralis Snellen, [1900]; PED 11

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  Taxonomy

  
  

  The male holotype of Musotima decoralis Snellen, 1900 (: 299, pl. 17, figs 4 & 5), from Java, is in the RMNH (Leiden).
  
  Although treated for many years in the Acentropinae this sp. is a member of the Spilomelinae and needs to be allocated to a new genus. Until it is closely examined and compared with similar morphospecies from Africa this cannot safely be done (pers. com. Agassiz 2009). This is a similar case to that of many of the species now transferred to the genus Malickyella Mey & Speidel 2010.

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  Description

  
  

  Wing length : 5.5mm. A very small brightly coloured sp. in pink and orange. It is marked with dark brown and silvery white marginal and submarginal bands. The FW has several dark neural lines on the costal and apical areas. Ocellae are absent but it has large chaetosemata. The males have a normal male-type retinaculum (RTS: 166-7).

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  Distribution & Habitat

  
  

  W. Malaysia, Singapore, Sabah, Sarawak, Indonesia (Java). Lowland; <630m.

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  Life History & Pest Status

  
  

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  Similar spp.

  
  

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  Unrelated Look-alikes

  
  

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  References

  
  

  RTS (1994): 166-167, pl.27, fig.13.
  
  Snellen, P. C. T., ([1901] 1900) Aanteekeningen over Pyraliden., Tijdschr. v. Ent., 43: 265-310, pl. 15-17.

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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