Unassigned, mostly apomorphic genera
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Vamuna remelana Moore comb. rev. 
   
Lithosia remelana Moore, 1865, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1865: 798.
   
Gnophria quadrimaculata
Möschler, 1872, Stettin. ent. Ztg., 33: 352.
   
Agylla ramelana Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus., 2: 211.
   
Agylla ramelana ab. obsoleta Draudt, 1914, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 10: 200.
   
Agylla ramelana ab. restricta Draudt, 1914, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 10: 200.
   
Agylla remelana semiobsoleta Holloway, 1976: 2.


Vamuna remelana
(approx. lifesize)


Vamuna remelana
(approx. lifesize)


Diagnosis.
The two Bornean representatives have a similar general appearance, but remelana has a pure white ground colour, marked only with black, never tinged brown or yellow. The margins on either side of the forewing apex are finely black, and the wing often has a black band on the dorsal surface that is only weakly expressed on the underside; the reverse is true in maculata Moore. The forewing band can be entire, absent or, more rarely, present as just a few spots. The hindwing submarginal black spot seen in typical Himalayan material is usually absent or only weakly expressed.

Taxonomic note. Typical Himalayan material has the saccular process of the valve slightly shorter, with the row of lateral spines larger. The furcal processes are less acute.

Geographical range. Himalaya, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java; Borneo (ssp. semiobsoleta).

Habitat preference. The species ranges from 1050m to 2600m, being most abundant from about 1600m to 2000m.

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