Miscellaneous Genera VI
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Poeta quadrinotata Walker 
Hypogramma quadrinotata Walker, 1865, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 33: 893.

 


Poeta quadrinotata


Diagnosis. With its white fasciation on blackish brown and general size, the species is somewhat similar to those in Caduca (p. 385). However, the fasciation is not punctate and consists of white edging on each on each side of fine, irregular, dark fasciae. The forewing margin has a black spot centrally.

Geographical range. Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo.

Habitat preference. The species is uncommon but has been recorded from a variety of mostly forested habitats from the coast to 1780m.

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