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Sesamia
(Busseola) submarginalis Hampson comb. n.
Ichthyura submarginalis Hampson, 1891, Illustr. typical Specimens
Lepid. Het. Colln Br. Mus,
8: 60.
Polio microsticta Hampson, 1894, Fauna British India, Moths, 2: 233, syn. n.
Busseola microsticta Hampson; Holloway, 1976: 15.
Diagnosis.
The
forewings are medium brownish grey with dark brown in the cell except for the
stigmata; there is a diffuse, dark straight submarginal, with a pale exterior
edge, extending from the dorsum to two thirds anteriorly.
Geographical
range. India,
Borneo, Java, Sulawesi.
Habitat
preference. The
only Bornean specimen was from Kundasan, an open area of cultivation at about
1000m on the slopes of G. Kinabalu.
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