TRIBE TRICHOPTERYGINI
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Tympanota patefacta Prout
   
Sauris patefacta Prout, 1958, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 6: 458.
   
Sauris patefacta Prout; Holloway, 1976: 73.
   
Tympanota patefacta Prout; Dugdale, 1980: 305.


Tympanota patefacta ♂
(holotype, Pahang)


Diagnosis. The colour of the forewing in this species is similar to that of arfakensis, but the fasciation is restricted to the medial zone, where it is intense, with a fine central line of pale ground colour, and to narrower, more irregular basal and submarginal bands. The hindwings are a pale reddish brown.

Geographical range. Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo.

Habitat preference. The species is montane, with a single Bornean female recorded at 1620m on G. Kinabalu.

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