SUBFAMILY HADENINAE
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Lignispalta diversisigna Prout comb. n
Pseudozalissa incertissima diversisigna
Prout, 1928, Bull. Hill. Mus. Witley, 2: 263.
Prospalta diversisigna Prout; Holloway, 1976: 14.


Lignispalta diversisigna


Diagnosis.
See the previous species.

Taxonomic notes.
Despite sharing unique facies features with the previous species, diversisigna lacks the male abdominal modifications but has a much larger, paddle-shaped valve with a strong, long, ventral harpe and a dense coating of small, dark deciduous scales. The uncus is normal rather than reduced.

Geographical range.
Sumatra, Borneo.

Habitat preference.
The species is rare, taken only on G. Kinabalu from 1970m to 2600m.

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