Bacotoma sp.4; PED 13

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  Taxonomy

  
  

  Bacotoma sp. 4. An unnamed sp. nr. B. ptochura Meyrick, 1894; from Sabah, PHS in the Schulze Coll. A badly damaged specimen M2108 in the Kitching Coll, from Kuala Belalong in Brunei (Temburong) is almost cerainly the same. Generic placement uncertain.

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  Description

  
  

  Wing Length: 11mm. This sp. is has more shades of brown with the yellow than representatives of the ‘Bacotoma ptochura group’. It has a fawn costa with three dark brown costal spots marking the start of incomplete subbasal, antemedian and post median lines. The broad dark brown wing margins are similar to B. ptochura Meyrick. The small spot seen near the base of the HW subcosta in Bacatoma spp. 1, 2, & 3 is absent. The abdomen is orange paler at the base and has paired black marks near its tip similar to many spp. in the Old World Syngamia group. Schulze (2000) Taxa #351 & #602.

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  Distribution & Habitat

  
  

  Sabah (Poring Hot Springs) and (probably) Brunei. Lowland (hill) forest.

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  Life History & Pest Status

  
  

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  Similar spp.

  
  

  Bacotoma ptochura
  Bacotoma sp. 9.

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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

  
  

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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