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Scopula
pauperata Prout
Acidalia pauperata Walker,
1861, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 23: 761.
Scopula oedocnemis Prout,
1935, Novit. zool., 39: 227.
Scopula oedocnemis Prout;
Holloway, 1976: 65.
Scopula
pauperata 
(x 1.16)
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Scopula
pauperata 
(x 1.16) |
Scopula
pauperata
(x 1.16) |
Diagnosis. This is one of the larger Bornean Scopula, distinguished by
variable grey fasciation and suffusion on a whitish ground.
Taxonomic notes. Specimens taken at altitude on G. Kinabalu are larger, paler than those
from the lowlands (both illustrated), but are females only. Males will be needed
to determine whether sibling species are involved. S. spissitarsata Warren
from Sumatra is related to pauperata, having similarly bifid sclerotised
arms to the valves of the male genitalia.
Geographical range. Borneo.
Habitat preference. The species is common in lowland forest but occurs
infrequently up to 1930m on G. Kinabalu (see taxonomic note).
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