FAMILY SPHINGIDAE
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  Degmaptera olivacea Rothschild
Degmaptera olivacea Rothschild, 1894, Novit. zool., 1: 70,
Degmaptera olivacea Rothschild; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903: 303.


Degmaptera olivacea
(.90 natural size)


Diagnosis.
See Smerinthulus diehli above. The costa of the hindwing is sinuous due to an anterior expansion over the distal half.

Geographical range. Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo.

Habitat preference. A male was taken at 900m in lower montane forest on the limestone G. Api during the Mulu survey. There are no altitude data on the other two Bornean species (Bukit Kretam and Labuk, both in Sabah). The single specimen from Peninsular Malaysia was from Fraser's Hill..

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