TRIBE BOARMIINI
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Hypomecis separata Walker  
   
Boarmia separata Walker, 1860, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 21: 381.
   
Boarmia retractaria Walker, 1860, Ibid. 21: 386.
   
Boarmia intectaria Walker, 1862, Ibid. 26: 1535.


Hypomecis separata


Diagnosis.
This is a dark, rich brown and grey species, with pale, browner zones broadly along the forewing costa and in the centre of the hindwing. It differs from similar Ruttellerona species (See Ruttellerona Swinhoe) in lacking a pale zone at the hindwing tornus or black markings in the forewing cell on the underside.

Geographical range. Oriental tropics to Sundaland.

Habitat preference. The species is frequent in a range of lowland forest types.

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