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Malagonia
sundana sp. n.
 15mm,  16-17mm. The facies is very similar to that of the type species,
except the forewing fasciae are more clearly defined, the postmedial straighter
and diverging from the submarginal as it approaches the costa rather than
converging slightly with it. In the male genitalia the uncus and saccus are
shorter than in acypera and the process in the valve is less complex, perhaps
through greater fusion of the saccular and costal components. The dorsal margin
of the costal component is shallowly curved rather than strongly sinuous.
Malagonia
sundana
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Holotype
. N. BORNEO: Tampanuli [Tamparuli], 13.vii.1963 (H. Barlow), BM noctuid slide 18093.
Paratypes:
1
S E
BORNEO: Samarinda, ix.1938 (M.E. Walsh); 1 (slide
18367) BRUNEI: 300m, Ulu Temburong, rainforest, 27.4.81 (Lt.
Col. M.G. Allen); 1 Ulu Temburong Expedition 1978, BRUNEI, Base Camp, 325m, L.P. 283,
15.x.1978 (T.W. Harman). 2, 1 INDONESIA:
Borneo, Kalimantan Tengah, Barito Ulu 2001, at Busang / Rekut River Junction, 0°38' S, 113°59' E, viii.2001 (G. Martin).
1
MALAYSIA:
Sabah, Danum Valley, 170m, 4°58'
N 117°48'
E (S.J.
Willott)
, 2° understorey,
Bkt. Atur Rd., DVFC, 3.ix.93.
Geographical
range. Borneo, Sumatra (HS / ZSM), Peninsular Malaysia.
Habitat
preference. All eight specimens are from the lowlands, two at least from
areas of undisturbed dipterocarp forest. Further material recorded by S.J.
Willott (unpublished data) indicated a preference for the forest understorey and
was slightly more frequent in logged forest samples. Chey (1994) recorded it
frequently in lowland softwood plantations in Sabah.
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