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Catoria proicyrta Prout  
   
Ectropis proicyrta Prout, 1932, J. fed. Malay States Mus., 17: 98.
   
Catoria proicyrta Prout; Holloway, 1976: 80.


Catoria proicyrta

Catoria proicyrta


Diagnosis
. The sexual dimorphism is unusual, with brown ground colour to the male and creamy white ground in the female. The fasciae are sinuous rather than angular, and the discal spots are only weakly defined. The male genitalia are typical of the genus, however.

Geographical range. Borneo.

Habitat preference. Only known from G. Kinabalu, the species is frequent between 1620m and 1930m.

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