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Omiosia fusipennana Walker 
   
Tospitis fusipennana Walker, 1863, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 28: 431.
   
Tospitis fusipennana Walker; Kirby, 1892, Synonymic Cat. lepid. Heterocera 1 (1): 365.


Omiosia fusipennana
(x 1.73)

Omiosia fusipennana Walker 
(costal and radial sectors of 
forewing modified)


Diagnosis.
See the generic description; the unusual shape to the wings and the black patch on the grey forewing are diagnostic.

Taxonomic note. This species is misspelt ‘fuscipennana’ in Hampson (1900) and Watson, Fletcher & Nye (1980).

Geographical range. Borneo.

Habitat preference. This is a rare species of lowland forest, all three specimens taken during the Mulu survey being at 150m or below. The holotype was taken by A.R. Wallace in Sarawak.

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