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Stenopterygia
khasiana Hampson comb. n.
Bryophila khasiana Hampson, 1894, Fauna British India, Moths, 2: 299.
Bryophila obliquifascia Hampson; 1895, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895: 299.
Euplexia repetita Swinhoe, 1904, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (7), 15: 499.
Diagnosis.
The
forewings are pale brown, with a darker wedge arising from the costa and
dividing the reniform and orbicular. Basal to the latter is an extensive dark
brown zone bounded distally by a line running from the costa at one third to the
dorsum at two thirds. This line is crossed by a longitudinal black streak
subdorsally, running between the antemedial and postmedial.
Taxonomic
notes. This
species has in its male genitalia a similar harpe to its Bornean congener, and
an expanded peniculus.
Geographical
range. N.E.
Himalaya, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo.
Habitat
preference. Only
one Bornean specimen has been seen; a male from G. Kinabalu with no
altitude data, collected by Waterstradt.
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