Miscellaneous Genera VI
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Rema costimacula Guenée
Toxocampa costimacula Guenée, 1852, Hist. nat. Insectes, Spec. gén. Lépid. 6: 429.
Remigia triangulata Walker, 1865, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 33: 1017.
Toxocampa costimacula avisignata Prout, 1924, Bull. Hill Mus. Witley, 1: 425.

 


Rema costimacula


Diagnosis. The species is distinguished by pale brown forewings that are conspicuously marked with a sequence of two triangles and a quadrilateral block in black along the costa; the reniform is also black and strongly arcuate.

Geographical range.
N.E. Himalaya (ssp. triangulata); Thailand (VK), Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi.

Habitat preference. Records are all from lowland forest, none above 500m.

Biology. Robinson et al. (2001) recorded Amphicarpaea (Leguminosae) as a host plant.

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