SUBFAMILY HADENINAE
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Callopistria quadrinotata Walker  
Penicillaria quadrinotata
Walker, 1864, J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Zool), 7: 65.


Callopistria quadrinotata


Diagnosis.
The forewings are distinctively pale rufous brown with a darker triangle between orbicular and reniform. There is an irregular, oblique, dark medial shade posterior to the stigmata, a sinuous postmedial, and a slightly darker triangle at the margin.

Geographical range.
Borneo, Sumatra, Java.

Habitat preference.
Specimens seen are all from lowland localities (e.g. Bidi in Sarawak), but the species has not been taken in recent surveys.

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