SUBFAMILY HADENINAE
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Callopistria variegata Swinhoe  
Methorasa variegata Swinhoe, 1895, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond., 1895: 44.


Callopistria variegata


Diagnosis.
This and the next species have rather diffusely patterned brown forewings with the submarginal white marks only prominent at the costa. C. variegata has paler, more greenish transverse zones and is distinguished by two white dots on the reniform. In the male genitalia the aedeagus vesica is reflexed and has a field of oblong cornuti near its base.

Geographical range. N.E. Himalaya, Sundaland.

Habitat preference. Recent material consists of three individuals taken in lowland rain forest of Ulu Temburong, Brunei.

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