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Thalathoides
curtalis sp. n.
Thalatha conjecturalis ab curtalis Warren, 1913, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 11:36.
Thalatha
conjecturalis Swinhoe sensu Holloway, 1976: 13.
14mm,
 15-16mm.
The species is very similar to the previous one but with a pale greenish tinge
to the forewing ground, less heavy fasciation and absence of blackish suffusion
from the central black triangle on the costa. The
subtornal black marking is stronger, angled.
In the male genitalia the cucullus is narrower, asymmetric, broadening only
slightly from the neck, and the saccular zone has a gently curved distal margin
rather than an angular one. The female genitalia are very similar to those of conjecturalis.
Holotype
. Sandakan,
BORNEO, (W.B. Pryer) 97-123 BM noctuid slide 11728.
Paratypes:
l
Dutch West BORNEO, 85 miles above Pontianak (Simons et Meligan) (Sanggau)
ex Janson, April 1909; 2
BRUNEI, 1618m, Bukit Retak, montane forest, 1979, (Lt. Col. M.G. Allen); 1
BRUNEI, 300m, Ulu Temburong rainforest 8.2.80 (Lt. Col M.G. Allen); 1
BRUNEI: 15m, Telisai, sandy heath forest and Gymnostoma, 3.2.1979 (Lt.
Col M.G. Allen) BM noctuid slide 10620; 1
, 3
SARAWAK: Gunong Mulu Nat. Park, R.G.S. Exped. 1977-8 (J.D. Holloway et al.), BM
1978-206, Sites 8, 16,20; 1
SABAH: Mt Kinabalu, Kiau Gap, 1760m, Cambridge Expedition to Mt Kinabalu 1965 (H.J.
Banks, H.S. Barlow & J.D. Holloway) BM 1968-186, BM noctuid slide 9238.
Geographical
range. Borneo,
Sumatra.
Habitat
preference. During
the Mulu survey specimens were taken in lowland dipterocarp, alluvial and wet
heath forest types. Two specimens are from upper montane forest (1618m) on Bukit
Retak, Brunei, and one from 1760m on G. Kinabalu.
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