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Griseothosea
kinabaluensis sp. n.
Iragoides fasciata Moore
sensu Holloway, 1976: 91, fig. 715.
Griseothosea
kinabaluensis  (holotype) |
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16mm.
The species is larger than cruda, the forewing fasciation more greenish,
though lacking the medial element. In the male genitalia the valve ornamentation
is restricted to a subcostal flap. The aedeagus apex is bifid somewhat as in G. fasciata
Moore.
Holotype
SABAH: Mt. Kinabalu, Power Station, 1930m, Cambridge Expedition to Mt. Kinabalu
1965 (H.J. Banks, H.S. Barlow & J.D. Holloway), BM limacodid slide
146.
Geographical range. Borneo.
Habitat preference. The unique specimen was taken in tall upper montane
forest.
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