TRIBE TRICHOPTERYGINI
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Goniopteroloba biconcava Prout
   
Goniopteroloba biconcava Prout, 1958, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 6: 45.


Goniopteroloba biconcava


Diagnosis.
This species and G. solivaga are both a uniform pale brown colour, but the latter is slightly larger and paler with the darker fasciae much less strongly emphasised at the forewing costa. Examination of the male genitalia to confirm identity is recommended (see illustration).

Taxonomic notes. The specimen identified as this by Holloway (1976) has proved to be G. solivaga Prout .

Geographical range. Borneo.

Habitat preference. The species was described from G. Kinabalu, but the unique male holotype lacks altitude data. Four out of five specimens taken during the Mulu survey were from the limestone G. Api, at 250m, 900m and 1200m (2). The fifth was from hill dipterocarp forest at 150m on G. Mulu.

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