SUBFAMILY HADENINAE
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Callopistria obliterata Warren comb. n
Data obliterata Warren, 1911, Novit. zool., 18: 146.


Callopistria obliterata

 


Diagnosis.
The hindwings are pale dull yellow basally, grading diffusely distad into the brown border. The forewings are rather striate, pale on dark brown, with a distinctive paler submarginal zone and a whitish, slightly curved longitudinal streak in the centre of the wing.

Geographical range. Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sulawesi.

Habitat preference.
Records have been from a variety of lowland habitats, both primary and disturbed, including dry heath forest and mangrove in Brunei.

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